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Hart's History 
and Directory 



: : : of the : : : 

THREE TOWNS 



BROWN SVILLE 
BRIDGEPORT 
WEST BROWNSVILLE 



Illustrated with Portraits & Views 



Also Abridged History of 
Fayette County & Western 
Pennsylvania : : - - • 



Price $2.50 



^y Edited and Compiled by 
Jp'PERCY HART assisted by W. H. BRIGHT 

Published by 
J. PERCY HART : : Cadwallader, Pa. 

19 4 






LIBRARY OF 
:ONGRtSS. 

Copies Heceived 

iov 17 «S*04 

COPY A. 



IN THE YEAR 1904 
'CR. Pa. 
: LIBRARIAN or CONGRESS AT 
WASHINGTON, D. C. 



Index to Departments 



PAGE 

y of Western Pennsylvania - . • 614 

Favette County History ^l-'^ 

Geology of Fayette County ^KJ 

Fayette County's Part in Wars ^jl^ 

Early and Present Modes of Transportation OlS 

History of the National Pike ^^^ 

Slack-Water Navigation 019 

Old Taverns Along the Pike G2() 

Railroad History 621 

History of the Three Towns 022 and 623 

Necrolbgical Record of the Three Towns since August 10, 18G9. 250 

History of Brownsville 624 

History of Bridgeport • • • • 62o 

History of West Brownsville 626 

Financial Institutions of the Three Towns 627 

Educational History 62S 

Religious History . .' 629 

List of Telephone Subscribers— "Bell," "Federal," "Mononga- 

hela Valley " and "Home-Mutual. " 420 

History of Uniontown 630 

Business Directory of Uniontown 464 

Directory of the Three Towns '^ 

Brownsville 

Bridgeport 'j 

West Brownsville ■^* =' 

Business Directory of the Three Towns 600 

Index to Illustrations 631 

Index to Advertisements 639 

Large Map of the Three Towns Back of Book. 



ri5'i 



W^33^S3 



Preface 



IX this abridged history of Faj^ette County, of Western Pennsyh-ania, 
and of the Three Towns of Brownsville, Bridgeport and West Browns- 
ville particnlarly, it has been the aim of the atithor and compiler, to 
devote more time to the writing, assembling and systematic arranging of facts 
and incidents of the early settlement and life, social and industrial, than to 
the portrayal of the present. 

It is around the things of the past that memory most fondly clings, and 
to place them upon the pages of history that old and young may pore over 
them, the former with fond recollections and the latter with awakened 
interest in the life and trials of otir forefathers, is the incentive that prompted 
the writing of these pages. 

With more recent history, all are more or less familiar. The history of 
the world, of today, is being made and comes to us daily through the columns 
of newspapers and magazines; it is being graven upon marble and granite 
and upon the everlasting hills, in a manner that it will never be erased, but 
the history of the past centuries, we must gather from tradition or from 
musty volumes of ancient and almost forgotten lore. And, it is from these 
that wc have gathered what we here jiresent and we assure you that it was 
as much a pleasure as a task to gather much of what we have written from 
the trembling lips of beautiful old age, and embellish it by the aid of the 
photographer and illustrator. 

All who took part in making the earlier history of this part of Pennsyl- 
\'ania, have long since gone to their reward but their works live after them 
and will result in manifold blessings to generations yet tmborn; while many 
of the others who came ujion the scene from a half to three-quarters of a 
centtiry later, are still with us bearing upon their brows the silvery crown 
of interesting and instructi\"e old age, btit their memory of things seen and 
heard is a rich storehovise from which an historian delights to draw, and 
it is to these as well as to the ancient chroniclers of history, that we are 
indebted for much that enters into this volume, 

Veech, Ellis, Searight, Nelson, Crumrine and other writers of the early 
history of Pennsylvania, have been drawn upon and we believe in most 
instances credited with their contributions, while the vast number of others 
who have generously aided us in our search for historic incidents, is such 
asTto preclude the possibility of indi\idual mention. Among them, how- 
ever, are J. D. S. Pringle, D. M. Hart, William Graham, Thomas Benton 
Wilgus, (now in Morgantown), James Risbeek, James Mitchell, and a diary 
of Roliert Rogers, kindly furnished us by Roland C. Rogers. 

We also desire to express our thanks to Hunter Beall, and Mrs. Morgan 
West, now at Damascus, 0.,'the former for the privilege of photographing 



an old snuflfbox and the latter for a picture of an old mirror both of which 
came over in the Mayflower, as well as others for interesting and valued 
heirlooms that deserve a place in this work. There are no doubt many 
other relics if they were unearthed but some are buried away in obscure 
garrets to be dug up by later generations while others are in the hands of 
people with whom we have not been able to communicate. We are in- 
debted to our efficient photographer W. D. Pratt, for pictures of many of 
the old landmarks which it would have been impossible to secure had he 
not had the negatives carefully laid away for just such an emergency. 

While we have pictvires and biographies of nearly all of our borough and 
county officials, still there are a few that we have been unable to secure. 
This we regret very much but feel that we arc not to blame as we made 
every reasonable effort to do so. 

We realize that while we have brought the record of Fayette County's 
progress down to the present time and the record of the Three Towns as 
M^ell, and that while that record is one of which any county or community 
might well feel proud, it will be but a few more years at the present rate of 
progress when our provid position in the industrial world, will seem to those 
who look back, as exceedingly primitive. The future of Fayette County 
and of the Three Towns particularly, is as promising as the dawn of a new 
day and all the past achievements will seem primitive and prescribed com- 
pared with what we shall have before the present generation takes its place 

in the ranks of generations past. 

J. p. H. 




Early History of Western Pennsylvania 



What is now Fayette County the Seat of Early Contention — French 
Invasion- — The Hanguard and Other Old Forts — Washington at 
Jumonville and the Great Meadows — Braddock's Disastrous 
Expedition — Buried in Fayette County- — Expedition of General 
Forbes — French Abandon Fort Duquesne — Mounds and Mound- 
Builders — Redstone Old Fort and Fort Burd — Gist's Plantation 
Called Monongahela- — Division of Westmoreland County — Trials 
of First Settlers. 

FRENCH INVASION. 

There is probably not a covmty in the state of Pennsylvania nor in any 
other in the United States, that can justly lay claim to greater historical 
interest than Fayette County. Located as it is, in the most prominent 
path that marks the cotirse of the aborigines from the east to the west, 
that Avas afterward trodden by the pioneers, the trappers and traders, the 
colonial forces that came across the Alleghenies to cross swords with 
the French, and that from a blazed way through almost untrodden and seem- 
ingly unbounded forests, became the highway of commerce long before the iron 
rails of the Pennsylvania or Baltimore & Ohio had pierced the fertile hills 
or spanned the still more fertile valleys of this vast region, it has ever been 
prominent in the eyes of the nation and in, the eyes of the world. 

It is not our purpose in this work to enter into a detailed history of 
Fayette County, as its history has been written many times by abler men 
who in their works exhausted the subject and gave to those interested all 
that there is to know about this section of the state and particularly of Fay- 
ette County, but to deal more particularly with what has long since become 
familiarly known as the Three Towns and by which name Brownsville, 
Bridgeport (Cadwallader P. O.) and West Brownsville are known. How- 
ever, as the links are all intact between the gradual transition of Wendell 
Brown and his two sons, Manus and Adam, from nimrods to husbandmen, 
in 1751, to the present time, it will not be out of order nor consume much 
time of the reader to follow the trail of the trader till it develops into the 
modern, steel highways that now vie with the ever-rolling rivers, as the 
arteries of commerce. 

The French had explored virtually all that vast scope of covmtry between 
the Allegheny mountains and the Mississippi river from the Great Lakes south 
to the Ohio river, long before the advent of the English and had established 
forts and trading places along many of the rivers, but they had made no 
definite effort to hold the territory until 1749 when Marquis de la Galis- 
soniere, then Governor-General of Canada, sent one Celoron by way of the 
Great Lakes, down the Allegheny and Ohio rivers to take possession of the 



Washington's Mission to Le Boeuf 



counlrv in the name of the king of France. How this ex])edition started 
from LaChine near Montreal, June 1.'), 17Ht, following the St. Lawrence, the 
shores of Lake Ontario and Lake Erie and then crossed over to the Allegheny 
striking it at a point near where Warren. Pennsylvania, now stands, and 
contintied down that stream to the Ohio, down the Ohio to the Miami, up that 
stream to near its head waters thence o\-crland to the Maumce which river 
they descended to Lake Erie and returned to Montreal by way of '^the route 
they had come, planting leaden plates all along the route, which bore in- 
scriptions setting forth the claims of France to the territory, are all matters 
of history too well known to merit repetition here. 

It was this move (MI the ])art of France, however, that led the English to 
greater activity and it was jnirtly to circumvent the French that the Ohio 
Company formed in Virginia by Virginians and Marjdanders, in 1748, 
commenced active operations shortly afterward. Subsequent to the expedi- 
tion of Celoron, the \isits of the French to this section of the country became 
frequent and in 1753 another expedition under a French commander made 
its way into the territory now comprising Western Pennsylvania, following 
closelv the route that Celoron had taken, and built a number of forts 



WASHINGTON'S MISSION TO LE BOEUF. 

These movements on the jiart of the French alarmed the Go\-ernor of 
Virginia, who urged on by the middle colonies, sent George Washington, 
then a young man, to inquire of the French the motive of their movements. 
Washington with seven other men among whom was Christopher Gist who 
figvires largely in the subsequent history of this section of the covmtry, set 
out on his mission late in the fall of 1753 and after a long and tedious journey 
reached Venango, an old Indian town which was an outpost of the French 
forces or rather an advance post. Here he foimd Joncaire and stated his 
mission. Joncaire referred him to his su])erior officer who was stationed at 
Le Boeuf, one of the forts but recently built by the French. Thither Wash- 
ington made his way and was courteotisly received by Legardeur de Saint- 
Pierre who in turn said that he would forward Governor Dinwiddie's message 
to the Governor-General in Canada, but that in the meantime he had orders 
to hold the territory and that he would obey his orders to the best of his 
ability. Washington could do nothing more and with this answer he re- 
tvirned to Virginia and reported to Governor Dinwiddie at Williamsburg, 
January Hi. 1754. 

In the meantime the C)hio Com])any had planned to establish a fort and 
colony at the forks of the river or where Pittsburgh now stands, had recei\ed 
consignments of goods from England and on his way back to Virginia, 
Washington met a number of these people then en route to the head waters 
of the Ohio. The Ohio Company had already established trading posts 
along the route namely at Wills creek, at the mouth of Tvirtle creek (whither 
Frazicr had gone after being driven from Venango by the French) , and William 
Trent was at the time engaged in building the Hanguard a kind of fort or 
blockhouse at the mouth of Redstone just below Brownsville. Washington 



The Hanguard, Fort Pitt and Fort Dnquesne 



on his \\ay V)ack to Virginia, after his mission to the French commanders, 
stopped for a time at the plantation of Gist, known then as Monongahela, 
a name which was apphed to the territory from the mouth of Redstone to 
the Vough, Gist's plantation, however, Avas within what is now Fayette 
Coimty and more definitely speaking in Wharton township. 

THE HANGUARD, FORT PITT AND FORT DUQUESNE. 

Early in January, 1754, the Ohio Company realized that they needed a 
stronger arm than they wielded to protect their interests in this section of 
the CDuntry and secured from Virginia, authority to organize a company 
of militia to co-o])erate with them. Go\-ernor Dinwiddle commissioned 
William Trent ca])tain of this company, John Frazicr lieutenant, and Edward 
Ward ensign. Trent, as stated before, was at the time engaged in building 
the Hangttard at the mouth of Redstone but on receiving orders from the 
Go\'ernor of Virginia to proceed to the Old Dominion and raise a company of 
100 men, he left the work and went on his mission. After securing abottt 
forty men, he started for the Forks (now the city of Pittsburgh) hoping to 
fill out his company on the way. He proceeded to Gist's and thence to the 
mouth of Redstone where he first completed the Hanguard after which he 
went on to the Forks where in company with Gist, George Croghan and a 
number of others, he commenced the work of Ijuilding the fort. 

After laying out the ground and getting some of the logs in position, Capt. 
Trent was forced to return to Wills creek across the mountains for provisions, 
Lieutenant Frazier was called to his trading post at Turtle creek and the 
work at the Forks was left in charge of Ensign Ward. About this time the 
French under Contrecoeur appeared in force and demanded the surrender 
of the post. Ward saw that resistance would be suicidal and on the following 
day, February 17, 1754, surrendered the post and with his men ascended 
the Monongahela river to Brownsville where the Hanguard had already been 
completed. 

The French having gained possession of the Forks of the Ohio, at once set 
about to build what has since been known as Fort Duquesne where or near 
where over a year afterward, to be exact, July 9, 1755, General Braddock 
met with disastrous defeat and received the wound that terminated his life 
at the Great Meadows in Fayette County about eight o'clock Sunday even- 
ing, July lo, 1755. 

WASHINGTON AND JUMONVILLE. 

Unaware of the surrender of the "Forks of the Ohio" by Ward, the Gov- 
ernor of Virginia was raising and organizing troops to go forward and occvipy 
the position. The first detachment of these troops was sent forward under 
the command of Lieut. Col. George Washington who had already received 
his commission from the Governor of Virginia as Lieutenant-Colonel of the 
regiment of Virginia, Col. Joshua Fryc being in command. Washington 
was ordered to take the troops then quartered at Alexandria, Virginia, 
consisting of two companies of infantry properly officered, and proceed 




Tlicodoic Roo.scvcll. I'lcsiiiciU ui the United Stales 




George Washington, First President of the United States 



Washington and Juiiioiiville 



to the Ohio and there help Ciiptain Trent ti> l)uild forts and jiroteel the rights 
or possessions of His Majestj^ against the French. 

On the second day of April, 1754, Washington left Alexandria with the 
two companies consisting of about 100 men besides the officers and we 
next hear of him at Jacob PearsoU's where he received word by an express, 
from Captian Trent at the Ohio, stating that he was hovirly expecting an 
attack bv a body of 800 French troops, and asking reinforcements. Wash- 
ington's force had in the meantime been augmented by Captain Stephen and 
fifty men thus bringing his troops up to a total of 1 50 men in the ranks. 

On the 20th Washington received word from Ensign W^ard of the surrender 
of the Forks. This was the first intimation he had of what had transpired 
at the head waters of the Ohio river. After holding a council of war at Wills 
creek. Washington decided that the proper thing to do was to push forward 
to the mouth of Redstone and there fortify to meet the enemy, having in 
the meantime received word that LaForce with a number of French and 
some Indians had advanced up the Monongahela river and were in the 
neighborhood of Gist's place. On the !2th of May Washington received 
word bv carrier that Colonel Frye was at Winchester Virginia with 
100 men -md would start in a few days for the front to join him. He 
also received word that Colonel Innis was on the way with 350 Carolinians. 
On the 17th Ward who had gone on east, returned and joining Washington in- 
formed him that Captain Mackay with a company of 100 independents was 
on the wav to join him and that he might expect them any day. The same 
evening two friendly Indians came into camp and informed Washington that 
the French at Ft. Duquesne were expecting reinforcements any dav. that 
would increase their force to about 1 .HOO men. However, Washington 
movt'd his troops forward and after experiencing some difficulty in crossing 
the Voughiogheny and hesitating as to whether the Youghiogheny or the 
Monongahela were the better point at which to make a stand decided in 
favor of the latter and at two o'clock in the afternoon of the 24th of May, 1 754 
we find him at Great Meadows. Just before reaching Great Meadows two In- 
dian runners met him with a message from Half- King (Tanacharison) stating 
that the French army was already on the road from Fort Duquesne to meet 
the Enghsh and that Half-King and the other chiefs would soon be with him 
to hold a council of war, as it seems Washington had requested them to do. 
by messenger, prior to this time. That same evening a trader came into 
camp at Great Meadows, from Gist's and reported that he had seen two French- 
men in that neighborhood and that he also knew there was a strong French 
force in the vicinity of Stewart's Crossing of the Youghiogheny. From this 
and the news he had received from Half- King. Washington decided to remain 
at the Meadows, at least for a time, and if needs be. fortify himself against 
the enemy. 

Of this place Washington wrote prior to his encounter with the iMTneh. 
that it was " A charming place for an encounter" but it seems that he after- 
wards found it anything else but a " Charming place. " 

On the morning of the 27th Christopher Gist arrived at Great Meadows 
direct from his plantation and told Washington that on the previous day a 



"Washington's Defeat at Great Meadows 9 

detachment of the French had visited his place and had committed various 
depredations, and further informed Washington that he had seen their tracks 
within five miles of Fort Necessity, the name Washington had given to his 
intrenchments. On receipt of this information, Washington sent out about 
70 men to reconnoiter and if possible to locate the French troops. From 
the following accotints it does not seem that they located the French, but the 
same evening Washington received word from Half-King who was then en- 
camped only about six miles away, that he had seen two Frenchmen and 
following ihem stealthily had discovered the camp of the French forces in 
a deep and secluded ravine very difficult of access and only about half a mile 
from the trail. ' 

After putting the camp or fort in order, Washington with those of his men 
not left to protect the supplies, set ovit in the darkness for the camp of Half- 
King, which they reached just before daylight on the morning of the 28th of 
May. A short council was held with the old Sachems and it was decided to 
at once attack the French who were not far awaJ^ Accordingly they marched 
in single file, early that May morning, to the French camp and forming in 
line of battle with the English troops on the right and the Indians on the 
left, the attack was made without any fvirther preliminaries. While 
Washington did not succeed in surprising the French, the attack was so 
sudden and they had so little time to prepare that though they flew to arms, 
they were soon thrown into confusion and after about fifteen minutes' fight- 
ing during which time ten of the French were killed and one wounded, while 
Washington lost only one man killed and one wounded, they surrendered. 

Among the French who were killed was Jumonville who had command of 
the French forces. Twenty-one French were taken prisoners, from which it 
appears that there were only 32 French in the party. Among the prisoners 
was LaForce who is sometimes credited with having had charge of the 
French forces. The French who were killed in the battle were scalped 
by Half-King's men and the prisoners were eventually sent to Winchester. 
Virginia. 

The death of Jumonville and the capture of his company, occurred on the 
morning of the 2<Sth of May, 1754, in the northwest part of what is now 
Wharton township, Fayette Cotinty. Pa., close to what is now known as 
Washington's Spring and not far from the National Road. This is the 
location given Half-King's camp by Judge Veech and the place where 
Jumonville and his men were encamped, could not have been very far away. 



WASHINGTON'S DEFEAT AT GREAT MEADOWS— FT. NECESSITY. 

On the 30th, a few days after his encounter with and defeat of Jumon- 
ville's company, W^ashington commenced to build a small fort with palisades 
at Great Meadows where some work had previously been done. Washing- 
ton feared that as soon as the news of Jumonville's defeat and death 
reached the French at Fort Duquesne they would come otit in great force, 
hence the strengthening of this unfortunate position, for that is what it 
certainly proved to be. To get the benefit of two natural embankments 



10 Fort Necessity 

and the little stream of water. Fort Necessity was built on low. open ground 
with wooded heights or elevations practically on two sides of it where the 
French and Indians should they come to attack the American forces, could, 
under cover of the timber and from the elevations, pour volley after volley 
into the fort whose occupants not being able to sec the enemy, would be 
absolutely helpless. 

The work on Fort Necessity could not have been \erv extensive, for 
history informs us that it was finished by the second day of June and religious 
services were held in it. About the time that Fort Necessity was finished 
Half-King and his men came into camp and brought with them a number 
of families of Indians who had fled from the lower Monongahela river fear- 
ing the vengeance of the French when they heard of Jumonville's defeat and 
death. Thenvimberof these refugees was augmented from time to time, till 
they became quite a burden to Washington from the fact that the provisions 
in camp were not sufficient to feed such a large number of people very long 
and as most of them were non-combatants, there was no possible benefit to be 
derived from keeping them in camp and Washington made an effort to get 
them to go into camp some distance away at the mouth of Redstone creek 
but did not succeed in doing it. Among these refugees was Queen Alliquippa 
and her son. It was only about a year before this when Washington had 
given the "Queen" a bottle of rmn when he was on his first mission to the 
French, and she was located over on Turtle creek, and she no doubt hoped 
for more of the "lire-water," Ijut history does not record whether she got it 
or not. 

Christopher Gist arrived at Fort Necessity on the Gth of June, from Wills 
creek with the information that Colonel Frye had died at Wills creek on the 
30th of May. This put Washington in full command of the regiment. On 
the 9th of June Major Muse arrived from Wills Creek with the remainder of 
the regiment, nine swivel guns and a lot of ammunition. Washington now 
had a total force of six companies but in all there were only three htmdred 
men besides the officers. Major Muse on his arrival also brought word that 
Captain Mackay of the South Carolina Royal Independents had arrived at 
Wills creek a few days before and that he was then on his way to Fort Neces- 
sity, and in fact he arrived the next day, June 10th, with about one hundred 
men, supplies and ammunition. Captain Mackay doesnot seem to have been 
of much service to Washington, however, as he and his men, being Royal troops 
felt too aristocratic to take jjart in the, to them, menial duties of frontier 
warfare, such as building roads, forts, and moving supplies and ordnance, 
though they were not really guilty of serious insubordination. 

After some scouting for reputed French and Indian forces that it after- 
wards transpired were nine French deserters who were captured and brought 
into camp, Washington commenced a movement towards the mouth of Red- 
stone, taking the Nemacolin trail towards Gist's. He [took with him all 
his own men, ordnance, ample ammunition and most of the wagons. He 
left at the fort, Captain Mackay and his company. Though the distance 
to Gist's from the fort is only thirteen miles, it took them thirteen days to 
make a passable road over the distance. Before reaching Gist's a force was 



Fort Necessity 11 

sent ahead to open up the way from Gist's to the Redstone. It was the 29th of 
June when Washington reached Gist's where he received information that a 
strong French and Indian force was advancing up the Monongahela river 
from Fort Duquesne. A council of war was held and it was decided to con- 
centrate all the forces at Gist's and there take a stand against the approach- 
ing foe. The detachments that had been sent ahead to open the way from 
Gist's to Redstone, were called in and Captain Mackay was ordered to move 
his company from Fort Necessity to Gist's at once, an order which he promptly 
obeyed. When all the forces had been concentrated at Gist's another 
council of war was held and this time it was decided to abandon the 
position taken at Gist's where already considerable work had been done on 
intrenchments, and retreat to Fort Necessity. Then coinmenced a march 
that though it had taken Washington 13 days to make the distance 
from Great Meadows to Gist's, he now made it back in two days. The officers 
used their horses for pack animals, walking the distance and helping to drag 
the swivel guns and other munitions of war. In this march Captain Mackay 
and his men again played the aristocratic dodge or baby act, refusing to as- 
sist in any of the arduous work, most of which fell upon the Virginia regiment, 
Washington setting the example by leaving his own baggage behind and 
using his horse for a pack animal. 

On the first day of July, they reached Great Meadows and at once com- 
menced to strengthen Fort Necessity for the fray. It was at first intended 
to go on to Wills Creek btxt on reaching the Great Meadows, Washington 
saw that it would be impossible for them to go further, as the men were worn- 
out and could no longer drag the guns or carry their equipment. Besides, 
some of the troops had been eight days without bread and only a few bagg 
of flour were fotmd at the Great Meadows, or Fort Necessity. Here they hoped 
for reinforcemments and supplies but, alas; they never came. A description 
of this fort is not essential to this stroy as descriptions are many and varied. 
Perhaps the best is that in Veech's " Monongahela of Old. " 

In the meantime while Washington was preparing to defend himself at 
Fort Necessity, a force of about five hundred French and a number of Indians 
had left Fort Duquesne under command of M. Coulon de Villiers, who, by the 
way, was a half-brother of M. de Jumonville who had been killed only a short 
time before as has been related, and were making their way up the Monongahela 
river. On the 30th of June they reached the Hanguard at the mouth of 
Redstone. Here they left some of their stores under a sufficient guard and 
then pressed on to the Great Meadows where they arrived on the 3d of July. 
According to history, the French camped at Gist's on the night of July 
second and arrived at Fort Necessity about eleven o'clock on the morning 
of the third, thus covering the distance between Gist's and Fort Necessity 
in about five hours while it took Washington and his forces two days to cover 
the same distance in their retreat a few days before. At any rate Fort 
Necessity was attacked by the French and Indians on the third of July from 
the wooded heights near the fort. Fighting was kept up all the remainder 
of the day and up till about eight o'clock at night or in the evening, when 
with the deadly fire of the French and Indians and the incessant downpour 



12 (jencral BraiMock's Disastrous I-".\])(.-(liii«)n 

of rain it was found useless to continue the contiict any longer, negotiations 
for the surrender of Washington were commenced under a flag of truce, and 
concluded and signed about midnight amid a downpour of rain and with the 
dim and flickering light of a tallow dip. On the morning of the fourth of July 
Washington and his force marched out of the fort and made their way back 
to Wills creek. This was the first and the last time that Washington ever 
surrendered to an enemy and as a strange coincidence it occurred on the day 
that 22 years later became the greatest day in American history, the great 
and glorious Fourth of July. 

As soon as Washington had left Fort Necessity, the French took possession 
of it and proceeded to demolish the work and to break the cannon the British 
had left behind. They then returned to Gist's destroyed the works that 
Washington had throAvn up there, burned all the houses within their reach, 
came on to the motith of Redstone where they embarked for Fort Duquesne 
after destroying the Hanguard. They also destroyed everything in their 
reach as thev went down the river and reached Fort Dvifpiesne July 7th. 



GENERAL BRADDOCK'S DISASTROUS ENPEDTTION. 

The news of Washington's defeat at Fort Necessity set England to think- 
ing and it was then that Braddock's invasion of the territory west of the 
Alleghenies which after Washington's defeat was entirely in the hands of 
the French, took place. For the preparations for Braddock's expedition and 
the details of the same, we refer the reader to Ellis' history of Fayette 
County, Veech's "Monongahela of Old," and "Frontier Forts of Western 
Pennsylvania," by George Dallas x\lbert. 

To preserve the connection of this story, however, we will give a synopsis 
of Braddock's movements. It was resolved by the English to reclaim the 
valleys of the Allegheny and Monongahela at whatever cost and they at once 
set about to do this. It was further determined to make the force a formid- 
able one for that day, and accordingly General Braddock was ordered to 
sail from Cork, Ireland for America to take charge of the expedition, which 
he did on the 14th day of January, 1755, with the two regular regiments, 
the Forty-fourth and Forty-eighth Royal regiments of Foot. These regi- 
ments were commanded respectively by Col. Sir Peter Halket and 
Col. Thomas Dunbar. All the preliminaries are set forth in Ellis' history 
of Fayette County. In this connection suffice it to say that after much 
preliminary work and no little display of "spleen" and lack of judgment 
on the part of General Braddock during which time he took every occasion 
to abuse the colonists, the forces arrived in tlic neighborhood of Fort Du- 
quesne and the famous battle of the Monongahela took place. The result 
was that when the English under Braddock were met between the mouth 
of Turtle creek and old Fort Duquesne, Braddock seeking to conduct the 
forces under his command on the j^rinciples of warfare on the plains of Europe, 
huddled his men all together in an open space while the French and Indians, 
very much after the order of the battle at Fort Necessity, assailed thtm 



General Braddock's Disastrous Expedition 13 

from ambnsh and killed them like shcc]) in a corral. Fourteen hundred 
and sixty troojis had entered the forest defile under Braddock on the ninth 
day of July, ITo,"), but only five hundred and eighty-three escaped unhurt, 
Ellis in his history of Fayette County says: 

The force which entered the forest defile, was fourteen hundred and sixty 
strong, including officers and privates. Of this force, four hundred and fifty- 
six were killed and four hundred and twenty-one wounded, making a total 
of eight htxndred and seventy-seven. Of eighty-nine cominissioned officers, 
sixty-three were killed or wotmded, including every ofificer above the rank of 
captain, except Colonel Washington. Of the captains, ten were killed 
and five were wounded. Of the lieutenants, fifteen were killed and twenty- 
two woitndcd. General Braddock had four horses shot under him and 
while mounting the fifth, recei\'ed the fatal shot that resulted in his death 
four days later at F"ort Necessity. Sir Peter Halket who was next in com- 
mand to General Braddock, was killed outright, while Washington had three 
horses shot from imder him. 

A number of women and ofticcrs' servants were also killed and scalped 
l)Ut it is said that e\'ery wagoner escaped. General Braddock's papers 
including orders, instructions, etc., about one hundred beeves, and the 
army chest containing about $100,000, were also captm^ed. 

The defeated and demoralized forces of Braddock returned o\'er the course 
fhey had taken, reaching the Great Meadows and encamping near Fort 
Necessity on the night of the 13th of July, where General Braddock who had 
been brought with the retreating army by several of his faithfitl officers 
among them Washington, died at about eight o'clock. This was Sunday 
night and about daybreak next morning the General was buried. When 
the soldiers broke camp, the line of march was directly over the new-made 
grave so as to obliterate all traces of it and thereby prevent its desecration 
by the savages who were sujiposed to be in pursuit. 

We may be excused here for digressing sufficiently to say that the conduct 
of Colonel Dunbar was to say the least, reprehensible. While it seems 
that in after years he claimed that General Braddock who was then in the 
throes of death (July 1 1th) ga\'e the orders for the destruction of all munitions 
of war and in fact everything that could not be carried, and a ])recipitous 
retreat be made to Fort Cumlierland, there is no doubt that the order was 
issued by Dunbar. At any rate it was done, and as it is recorded, there 
was never in the annals of history, a more disgraceful scene enacted than 
that rout. Imagine about 1,000 soldiers with plenty of provisions and 
ammunition, located where they could have made an almost impregnable 
defense, fleeing froin a much smaller force that was miles away and in fact 
going in an opposite direction, and you have the picture that was enacted 
in what is now Wharton township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, July 14, 
1755. 

All these things have been related here in the beginning because what is 
now Fayette County was virtually the center of action and many who took 
part appear conspicuously in the subsequent history of the county. 



14 General Forbes' Expedition 

GENERAL FORBES' EXPEDITIOX— FRENCH ABANDON FORT 

DUQUESNE. 

The rotit of Braddock as herein briefly related, left the French in absolute 
possession of all territory west of the Allegheny mountains. They came to 
Dunbar's camp several weeks after he had left it and destroyed whatever 
they found which was certainly not much, and within sixty days there 
was not left in all this section a settler or trader not friendly to the French. 

" Braddock's Grave,'' in Wharton township, a few rods north of the 
National Road and about two miles from Fort Necessity, is supposed to 
be the last resting place of the brave btit indiscreet General Braddock, but 
there is no certaintj^ about it. It does appear that in 1812 while a 
party of men were excavating for the National Road in that section, 
they exhvimed parts of a human skeleton and some military trappings. 
These were supposed to be the remains of General Braddock. Some of 
the bones were carried away by relic hunters but it seems were afterwards 
collected by Abraham Stewart, father of Hon. Andrew Stewart, who had 
charge of the men who dug them up, and in ISL'O. ninterred at the spot 
now known as " Braddock's Grave." 

The taking of Fort Dtiquesne by the advance guard of General Forbes' 
troops commanded by Col. George Washington, or rather the abandon- 
ing of it by the French on the ajiproach of the English, on the 25th of No- 
vember, 175S,its destruction l)y the retreating foe and the subsequent build- 
ing of Fort Pitt within a few hvmdred yards of the site of Fort Duqviesne, 
are not matters directly connected with this -work, hence we pass them over 
at a glance. 

The next step in this synopsis will be the colonial history of what is now 
Fayette County. 



MOUNDS AND MOUND-BUILDERS — REDSTONE OLD FORT. 

Between the events related in the preceding pages and the formation of 
Faj'ctte County in 1783 or perhaps more properly speaking, February 17, 
1784 (for the county lines as formed or established in 1783 were extended 
in 1784), there transpired many things that will be of interest to the readers 
of this book, and with these we will now deal. In doing this, however, 
we will have to go back into the dim aisles of the ages, first; back to a date, 
perhaps, when the foundations of the pyramids were not yet laid, and 
how far back of that no history has ever told nor is there any other record 
save the mounds the builders left behind them. Certain it is that some time 
subsequent to the glacial period a strange people inhabited this part of North 
America. It may have been long before there was a sign of civilization on 
the plains of Babylonia. The first existence of human beings or perhaps more 
properly speaking, the first comintmities of human beings seem to have made 
their appearance on the earth about the time that the diluvial rivers of the 
northern hemisphere subsided into their present, or approximately, their 



Mounds and Mound-Builders 



15 




old Relic of ;\Ioiiiul-builders 



present channels, and that, according to the best information obtainable, 
was fully twenty-five thousand years ago. Those people who first left, or 
rather, established records of their lives and works whether tribal or national, 
were the Egyptians in the valley of the Nile, the later Babylonians, and 
the Chinese along the Hoang-Ho. But while all this was being done in 
what is to us the Old World, there is no reason to believe that there were 
not like signs of life and progress here in what is now called the New World. 
At any rate, it is not taxing the imagination too mtich to conclude that while 
the Children of Israel were making bricks without straw, under the lash of 
the Egyptian taskmasters, the progeny of the mound-builders, were gather- 
ing shells along the verdant shores of some placid water, to use with clay 
in making the pottery fovuid in the only other records, the mounds, that 
this ancient people left behind them. 

There is every reason to believe that ages elapsed during the building of 
these mounds. It would be hard to find shells enough along the banks of 
the Monongahela river now to do much in the line of making pottery and the 
probability is that when the mounds that now mark Fayette County, were 
built, the waters of the Gulf of Mexico were laving the foothills of the AUe- 
ghenies in this latitude and the foothills of the Rockies as well, or that neither 
the Alleghenies nor Rockies existed. Gradually receding during seem- 
ingly interminable ages, the great Mississippi valley, the great plains west 
of the Mississippi and the arid deserts of the west, were laid bare, and this 



16 Redstoiu- Olil I'ort 



ancient civilization no douln followed the reeedini< waters for many cen- 
turies, gathering shells for their pottery and building their mounds. The 
fact that some of the mounds stand on high ground and some on low, is no 
indication that they were not all on a level at the time they were built. 
The internal distm-bances of the earth during the centuries that have passed 
since these mounds were l)uilt will readily account for this Upon this 
hyjiothesis, one we have never heard advanced, it is easy to believe that 
they were built close to what was then the shores of the Gulf of Mexico, and 
were built to protect their builders against high tides or just such waves as 
recently rolled in and destroyed Galveston. There is another thing that 
bears out this theory and that is that there has never been discovered in 
any of these movmds, a trace of anything that would show a most ])rimitive 
knowledge of navigation. They had no need to cross the streams that were 
slowly forming in the valleys, if indeed there were valleys then, or if they 
had, these streams were at that time so small that they covild easily cross 
them without other means than that with which nature endowed them; 
thev had no foe from which to llee nor whom to pursue; they had no 
knowledge of the world beyond the waters, a world that in fact was at that 
time as primitive as the one in which they lived ; they had no need for means 
of navigation, no desire to pierce beyond the veil that hung upon the great 
waters thev were following down the earth. Therefore, is it not possible that 
the beautifull \-alleys through which tlu'se rivers now How, were \erv shallow 
bays or inlets on the shores of which these mtJunds were built and that 
their builders for ages followed the receding waters, building their mounds 
as some great storm or high tide indicated a necessity for them, making 
their crude utensils from the shells of the shore and finally from thi'ir own 
inactivity and from non-eomju'tition, or ennui, went out with the last tide 
and ceased to be ? 

There is not among all the relics taken from these movmds, an im])lement 
of war; they had no competition, they fought no battles, there was no strife 
and no need of protection save against the ebbing and the flowing of the 
tide, and against this they built their movmds. Having no foe to face, 
no need of energy and no victory to gain, existence itself became the bvirden 
that crushed them and the hand of time wiped them from the face of 
the earth which is a field for action, centuries before another race of people 
came upon the scene. 

The relics of these ancient mound-builders in Fayette County are numer- 
ous bvit of no material importance to the history of the county, exeejjt that 
in some instances they have been used by the early settlers in which or 
on which to build their early settlers' forts, and in some instances, 
military forts, as was the case when Col. J. Rurd, in the fall of 1759 built 
Fort Burd on the site of Redstone Old Fort at or near where the Bowman 
mansion now stands, and whose parapet may be seen from far u]) and down 
the Monongahela river. 

This mound, known as Redstone Old Fort or Fort Old Redstone, was 
one of the largest and most important in Fayette County and recjuires no 
description here. It has been described and illustrated in almost every history 



18 Conditions of Pcnns Charter 

that has ever been published of Western Pennsylvania. Suffice is to say, 
however, that it was so well known that notwithstanding Colonel Burd gave 
his name to the fort he had built, the name Old Fort or Redstone Old Fort, 
has ever clung to it. But the cause that led to the bvtilding of Fort Burd, 
is of more interest and more directly concerns this story than does the fort 
or its dimensions. 

When the English had tinally ex])i,lled the French from this section of 
the country and had taken possession of it, the next thing for them to do 
was to prepare to hold it and this could not be done without forts properly 
garrisoned, as bases of supplies, and roads over which soldiers could march 
or merchandise be transported, hence Fort Burd was built as an inter 
mediate station between Fort Cumberland and Fort Pitt, the latter having 
been hastily constructed the prc\-i()us year after the destruction of Fort 
Duqviesne. 

The opening of the road from Cumberland through to Wheeling, and the 
contemporaneous and subsecjuent history has been told so often and so well 
in Ellis' "History of Fayette Cotmty," in "Old Westmoreland" by Edgar 
\V. Hassler, in "The Monongahela of Old" by James Veech and in "The 
Old Pike" by T. B. Searight, that we need not repeat it here. However, 
the ]jeoj)le who came here during this time and settled in what is now Fayette 
County, the development of the cottntry, its commercial and social interests, 
are of more interest and of these we will write. 



CONDITIONS OF PENN'S CHARTER. 

That the reader may more fully comprehend the following, a backward 
glance may not be out of order at this point. Notwithstanding that the 
charter of Pennsylvania, granted William Pcnn by Charles II of England, in 
16S1, virtually conveyed the land to him and his heirs in fee simple, there 
being, it is true, a stipulation that the Penns should pay to the crown two 
beaver skins annually and one-fifth of the gold and silver ore, it is well known 
that it was always the policy of Pcnn to buy the land of the Indians who 
occupied it, before allowing or at least sanctioning settlements on it. 

WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA BOUGHT OF SIX NATIONS. 

This is how it came that in November, 17(58 at Fort Stanwix, N. Y., the 
Penns bought of the Six Nations, the following land in southwestern Penn- 
sylvania: "All lands lying within a boundary line extending from Canoe 
Point, on the west branch of the Sescjuehanna river, west by north to the site 
of the Indian town called Kittanning, on the Allegheny river, thence down 
along the Allegheny and the Ohio rivers to the western limits of the province, ' ' 
while its western and southern boundaries were to be the western and southern 
boundaries of the "Province," then not definitely known, biU which are now 
defined bv the state line. 




William Penn 



20 vSettleiiient of Western Pennsvlvania 



SETTLI'MICNT OF WESTERN PEXXSVLVAXIA. 

Ujj until 1771 all this territory was included in the county of Bedford. 
During these years the population grew very fast, west of the mountains, 
:ind |)articularly during 1772, so that the seat of county povernrntrnt w;<.s 
getting too far from too many people and those west of the mountains com- 
menced to clamor for a new county just as many in Pennsylvania and in many 
other states are still doing. There was just as much opposition to cut- 
ting up this \-ast county then as there is now to cutting vip the larger counties 
of the state, but it was done, nevertheless. There was alsf) another factor 
that assisted the settlers in their demand for a new county and that was the 
fact that in 1772 the British troops were withdrawn from Fort Pitt which 
necessitated a stronger and closer civil organization. Accordingly on Friday 
February 20, 1773, the county of Westmoreland was formed by the Assembly 
of the Province of Pennsylvania by an act signed by Lieutenant Go\-ernor 
Richard l\'nn. This was the eleventh county erected under the ])roi)rietary 
government. 

IXI'IA'ENCE OF THE OHIO COMPANY— GIST'S PLAXTATloX 

/ It was through ihe Ohio Company that many were induced to come over 
the movmtains and it seems that most of C.iese settled within the confines of 
Fayette Covmty. The Ohio Company was formed by Tlios Lee, a .Mr. 
Hanbury, Lawrence and John Augustine W^ashington, brothers of George 
Washington and about ten others. The object of this company as before 
stated, was to checkmate the settlements of the French and to form permanent 
English settlements. The objective point of these settlers was Fort Pitt and 
their cotu'se to that point led them directly through Fayette County. 'I'he 
operations of this company brovight into this county, as their agent, Christo- 
pher Gist who seems to ha\-e been the next i)ermanent settler after the Browns. 
Wc find Mr. Gist here located at what is now Mt. Braddock as early as 1753 
when Washington made his trip to Fort LeBoeuf, and being already estab- 
lished then at Mt. Braddock, he must have landed there as early as 1752. 
Gist's place was located in what is now Dunbar township near the line of 
North Union township. Gist called his place or plantation as they were wont 
to call these settlements, " Monongahela. " According to the best information 
we can gather, he had with him at that time, his two sons, Richard and Tliomas 
and his son-in-law, William Cromwell. It also appears that he induced a 
number of other families to settle about him, ])robably those whom Washing- 
ton met on his return from Fort LeBoeuf and who were no doubt en route to 
Fort Pitt. Judge Veech in his ' Monongahela of Old" says that there is some 
doubt as to these settlers being at or around Gist's, btit that from the notes 
of the French commander, De Villieres who after destroying Fort Necessity, 
says that he ordered all the houses round abovit Gist's to be destroyed, he is 
inclined to believe that they were there. Col. James PauU whose father, 
George PauU, was early ujjon the scene and intimate with Gist, says that he 
never heard of these families, but Judge Veech adds that inasmuch as Colonel 



Westmoreland County Formed 21 



Paull was not born till six years after the destruction of Fort Necessity and 
his father did not come into this section till after that, the families might well 
have been located there and he not hear of it. 

WESTMORELAND COUNTY FORMED. 

When Westmoreland County was created it included all of the Pro\-ince 
west of the Lavirel Hill, vaguely called Southwestern Pennsylvania. It in- 
cluded the present counties of Westmoreland, Fayette, Greene, Washington, 
that part of Allegheny and Bea\'er counties south of the Ohio ri\'er. about two- 
thirds of the comity of Indiana and one-third of the county of Armstrong. 
Its area was about 4,700 square miles. 

Many Scots came from the Cumberland ^•alley and other points east of the 
mountains and made their homes in the Ligonier Valley and all along the line 
from there to Pittsburgh. These were true to Pennsylvania from which 
Province they had obtained their grants. Other Scots came across the 
mountains from the valley of Virginia and settled along the Monongahela, 
the Youghiogheny and along Chartiers creek in what is now Washington 
county. These latter believed that the land upon which they settled was 
in the Old Dominion as it had not yet been determined how far west Penn- 
sylvania extended. This dispute of boundary is a matter of history that need 
not be repeated here suffice is to say that it resulted in no end of trouble and 
led to the troublesome Mason and Dixon Line with the history of which 
all readers are familiar. 

DIVISION OF WESTMORELAND COUNTY. 

However this vast territory was not destined long to remain as West- 
moreland County. Alarch 2S, 1781 Washington County was created irom 
Westmoreland County territory and February 17, 17S4. Fayette County 
as before stated was trimmed off Westmoreland. Her domain was again 
invaded September 24, 1788 when Allegheny Covmty was formed, a part 
of Washington County being pressed into service to form the now famous 
county of Allegheny. The next year a little more was taken from Wash- 
ington County and added to Allegheny. The next division of the broad ex- 
panse originally Westmoreland County, was when (jn the 9th day of FebruarA', 
1796, Greene County was carved out of Washington, but in 1802 a part of 
Greene was returned to Washington. Again on the 2()th day of March, 
1800 Beaver County was erected from parts of Washington and Alle- 
gheny. This was the last change made and what was left of Westmoreland 
as well as the counties formed from its original territory, have since re- 
mained as they were then. 

Long before any real permanent settlements were made in what is now 
Fayette County, before the first expedition of Washington or of Braddock, 
Frenchmen had come into this part of the country and intermarrying with the 
Indians had formed villages at various points. Among these villages was 
said to be one on George's Creek in what is now George's township. 



22 I'irst .Suttlers in I''avettc Coimlx- 



They were not jicrmanont settlers, however, and whenee they came or whither 
they went, is not definitely known. 

There is really no absolute certainty as to who the first actual settlers of 
Fayette County were. We can only quote from the various compilation of 
facts or alleged facts that we have at hand and that come to us by tradition. 
Judge Veech who is probably the best atithority, says that Wendell Brown and 
his two sons, Manvis and Adam with possilily a third son. Thomas, were the 
first actual settlers in what is now Fayette County and that they first settled 
in Province Bottom just Ixlow Jacobs Creek in wIkiI is now Nicholson town- 
ship, in 17")! -2. They were afterwards led to abandon this location by the 
Indians \\h() jjcrsuadcd them to select a location where now some of their 
descendants still reside and which is near the mouth of Redstone. It is said 
that when Washington was at Fort Necessity, they furnished him provisions 
but Veech rather discredits this. 



FIRST SETTLERS IX WHAT IS NOW FAYETTE COUNTY. 

Early in 1753 we also find William Stewart located on the Youghiogheny 
at what was for a long time known as Stewart's Crossing but is now New 
Ha\"en. in Dunbar townshij). 

In 17(')1 we find both William CoKin and William Jacobs located on Red- 
stone near Fort Burd. 

About this ti:ne the settlements at Redstone, Gist's, Turkeyfoot and on the 
Cheat, commenced to grow rapidly. These were all under the impression 
that the land on which they w'ere settling was within the domain of Virginia. 
It was at this time that the controversy came up as to what Province the 
land belonged or rather as to who had jurisdiction over it, becatise it seems 
that both the Province of Virginia and Pennsylvania conceded that it as yet 
belonged to the Si.x Nations. 

Prior to the inllux from the east, the Indians had been committing no end 
of depredations on the \\estern border, ])ut the chastisement that General 
Botiqtiet gave them on the Muskingum over in what is now Ohio, brought them 
to their senses and the security that followed accounted for the rapid growth 
of the abo\-e-named settlements. 



ATTEMPT TO REMOVE THE FIRST SETTLERS. 

However the holders of real estat<; in Fayette Covmty were compelled to 
do more fighting for their possessions. They found that the savages were 
not the only ones that wished to dispossess them. About this time the King 
of England through the Governor of the Province of Virginia, made an effort 
to stop further settlements in Fayette County and to remove those who had 
already settled. This was done on the grovmds that the Indians were com- 
plaining of encroachments, whether with or without foundation, we will leave 
to the closer student of history, l)vit it seems from information at hand that 



The Mason and Dixon Line 23 



the King and the Governors were making more trouble than the savages just 
then, as will be seen later on. At any rate Captain 'Alex. Mackay with a de- 
tachment of troops, was sent to Fort Burd to order the settlers away. 
\'erv few of them left, however, and the militia soon withdrew. This was in 
ITGC). However, in 17G7 troops were again sent to Fort Burd to warn settlers 
out of the forbidden territory and this time many were actually driven away 
but as soon as the troops were withdrawn, they rettirned. They seemed 
determined to stay with the soil of old Fayette County or what afterwards 
became Fayette County. 



THE MASON AND DIXON LINE — PENNSYLVANIA AND VIRGINIA. 

The extension of the Mason and Dixon line to the second crossing of Dunk- 
arcl Creek during 17(37 disclosed the fact that this territory was in Pennsyl- 
vania and not in Virginia, and the Governor of Pennsylvania then issued an 
ironclad proclamation threatening death without even the solace of a clergy- 
man, to those who did not vacate. To explain the law and the ultimatum, 
Governor Penn sent Rev. Captain Steele of the Presbyterian church of Car- 
lisle, Cumberland Cotmty, John Allison, Christopher Lewis, and Captain 
Porter, into the valleys of the Monongahela, Yotighiogheny and Redstone. 
These gentlemen held a meeting at Fort Burd or near it, March 27, 1767, at 
which they read the Governor's proclamation and explained the reasons for it 
but just about this time a number of Indians came on the scene as representa- 
tives of their great men and said that the settlers should not go till the con- 
chasion of a treaty then pending. This virttialh' settled it and the settlers did 
not go. Another meeting was held at Gist's, however, but with no better 
results and shortly afterward the commissioners returned home. In their 
report of the mission, they gave the names of the settlers at the different points 
which as it shows virttially the entire population or the heads of families 
then in Fayette County, we here append the list as it appears in Ellis' 
History of Fayette County. 



LIST OF SETTLERS AT REDSTONE OLD FORT, GIST'S, TURKEY- 
FOOT. 

"The names of inhabitants near Redstone: — John Wiseman, Henry Prisser, 
William Linn, William Colvin, John Vervalson, Abraham Tj-gard, Thomas 
Brown, Richard Rogers, Henry Swatz (Swartz), Joseph McClean, Jesse Mar- 
tin, Adam Hatton, John Verwall, Jr., James Waller, Thomas Douter (Douthet 
who owned a part of the site of Uniontown), CagtainXotiurn. John Delong, 
Peter Young, George Martin, Thomas Down, AndTOw Gudgeon, Philip Sute. 
James Crawford, John Peters, Michael Hooter, Andrew Linn, Gabriel Conn, 
John Martin, Hans Cook, Daniel McKay, Josias Crawford, one Province." 

"The names of some who met us at Giesse's (Gist's) place: — One Bloom^ 
field (probably Brownfield), James L^^nn, Ezekiel Johnson, Richard Har- 
rison. Phil Sute, Jed Johnson, Thomas Geisse (Gist), Charles Lindsay, James 



24 List of Settlers at Redstone Old Fort 



\\';i11;k\' (\\';ilkT) , Henry ]-5iirkiiian. Lawrence Harrison. Kalph Ilicken- 
Ijottom. 

" Names of the people at TurkeyFoot ; — Henry Abrahams, Ezekiel DeWitt, 
James Spencer, Benjamin Jennings, John Cooper. Ezekiel Hiekman. Jolm 
Enslow, Henry Enslow, Benjamin Pursley." 

In a suppleinental report, Steele set forth the fact to the Governor that 
the people at Redstone alleged that the removal of them from the unpurchased 
lands was a scheme of some gentlemen and merchants at Philadelphia to get 
hold of the lands as soon as the jiurt-hasi' was made from tlie Indians and thus 
get the benefits of the improvements they had made. He cited the fact, in 
confirmation of their opinions, that they said a gentleman named Harris in 
coinpany with another named Wallace and one named Friggs, the latter a 
pilot, had spent considerable time that svimmer in viewing the lands and 
creeks thereabouts. Continuing, the Rev. Mr. Steele said: "I am of the 
o|)inion from the appearance the people made, there are about an hundred 
and fifty families in the different settlements of Redstone, Yovighiogheny, 
and Cheat." This estimate was intended to include all the settlers in what 
is now Fayette County and the, about eight, families on the east side of the 
Youghiogheny at Turkey Foot. 

It will be noticed that the list of these commissioners did not include 
many settlers who are known to have been here and to have been of more 
than ordinary prominence. Among them may be named Christopher and 
Richard Gist, William Cromwell, William Stewart of the "Crossings," 
Ca])tain William Crawford, who had been settled near the ''Crossings'' for 
alxnit three years; Hugh Stevenson, on the Youghiogheny; Martin Hardin 
(father of Colonel John Hardin), on Georges Creek; John McKibben, on Dim- 
lap's Creek, and others. 

About a month after the commissioners had met with the people at Red- 
stone and at other places in this vicinity, they met with the government's 
agents and representatives of the Six Nations in what is now Pittsburg and 
made a desperate effort to get the Indians to join theni in ordering the whites 
from thi'ir homes here in Fayette County, but it seems that the Indians liad 
more honor in the matter than the government representatives and linally 
absolutely refused to have anything to do with it, telling the government's 
agents and representatives that they did not desire the white settlers driven 
from their hoines because they would only comeback as soon as the govern- 
ment had bought the lands from them (the Indians) and then would not feel 
kindly towards them for having taken j)art in driving them awaj-. Thus 
ended the effort to expel the settlers from their chosen domain. 



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Fayette County History 



Growth of Population — Organization of Courts — First County Offi- 
cials AND Attorneys — Present County Officials — Present At- 
torneys of Fayette County — The Poor Farm — Names and Number 
OF Townships and When Erected — First Coal Discovered and Used 
IN Fayette County — First Manufacture of Coke — Iron Industry 
IN Fayette County — Various Societies — Geology of Fayette 
County. 

GROWTH OF POPULATION. 

From 17(37 to the erection of the connty in 17S3 the increase of ^lopulation 
in the county or in what is now Fayett County, was phenomenal. This was 
partly due to the fact that it was directly on the line of travel from Cumber- 
land to Fort Pitt or what is n(.)W Pittslnirg, and because what is now Fayette 
County, was singularly free from the incursions of the Indians that committed 
so many and such atrocious depredations in other sections of what was then 
Westmoreland County, particvilarly that portion east of the Monongahela 
ri\-er. There were also other causes among them the fact that the country 
abounded in gaine, in springs and streams of pure water, the soil is rich and 
last, but by no means least, becatise the men who settled here first w'ere men 
of energy and ability and their judicious enthtxsiasm was contagious. 

The lines of Fayette County as established in 1783, were extended in 17S4 
to include all that p(jrtion of the present county that lies north and east of 
the Youghiogheny ri\-er. 

Immediately after the organization of the county there was considerable 
trouble about the collection of the taxes that had already been levied when 
the county was formed. It was ruled that these taxes should be collected 
and paid into the treasury of Westinoreland County. This trouble was most 
manifest in what is now Menallen township and in the country along Georges 
Creek. All these things, however, were more the result of the transition 
from the free-and-easy methods of frontier life to the inore circuinspect man- 
ner of cix'il procedure than anything else and soon disappeared. 

SLAVERY AND SERVITUDE IN FAYETTE COUNTY. 

Of the people who emigrated from the east to settle west of the Laurel Hill 
prior to 17S0, a large proportion were from Virginia and Maryland, and many 
of those who had held slaves east of the niountains brought those slaves with 
them to their new homes in the west, for at that time the laws of Pennsyl- 
vania recognized and tolerated the "peculiar institution" as fully as did 
those of Virginia. Ainong these were the Crawfords, Stevensons, Harrisons, 



26 Slavery in Fayette Count}' 

McCormicks, Vance. Wilscm, and others. A most distinguished (though non- 
resident) holder of bondmen in I-^ayette County was George Washington, 
whose improvements on his large tract of land in the present township of 
Perry near Perryopolis were made j^rincipally V)y their labor. Frequent al- 
lusions to these "servants" are found in letters addressed to Colonel 
Washington in 1774 and 1775 by Valentine Crawford, who resided on Jacob's 
Creek, and acted as general agent in charge of Washington's lands and affairs 
of improvement in this region. 

On the tirst of March, 17S0. the General Assembly of Pennsylvania passed 
"An Act for the Gradual Al)olition of vSlaverv." which provided and declared 
"That all persons, as well as Negros, and Mulattoes as others, who shall be 
born within the State from and after the ])assing of this act, shall not be 
deemed and considered as servants for life or slaves; and that all servitude 
for life or slavery of children in consequence of the slavery of their mothers, in 
the case of all children born within this State from and after the passing of 
this act as aforesaid, shall be and hereby is titterly taken away, extinguished, 
and forever abolished. Provided always, and be it further enacted. That 
every Negro and Mulatto child born within this State after the passing of this 
act as aforesaid (who would in ease this act had not been made have been 
born a servant for years, or life, or a slave) shall be deemed to l)e, and 
shall be by virtue of this act, the servant of such person, or his or her assigns, 
who would in such case have been entitled to the service of such child, vmtil 
such child shall attain unto the age of twenty-eight years, in the manner and 
on the conditions whereon servants bound by indenture for four years are 
or may Ijc retained and holden." 

The passage of the law for the gradual abolition of slaverj' in Pennsylvania 
was very offensive to most of those who had come into this region with their 
servants from the other side of Mason and Dixon's line. It has been said 
(but with how much of truth is not known) that General Washington was 
greatly displeased by the enactment, and the story even goes so far as to as- 
sert that he regarded it as a personal affront, and that this was the cause of 
his disposing of his real and jjersonal ]3roperty in Fayette County. How- 
ever this inay have been, it is certain that a large proportion of the Virginians 
and Marylanders who had settled with their slaves west of the Laurel Hill be- 
came so incensed at the adoption of this measure, and the establishment at 
about the same time of the boundry line, by which, to their surprise, they 
found themselves in Pennsylvania and not w'ithin the bounds of Virginia, 
as they had supposed, that they sold otit their possessions in the Monongahela 
country and removed with their slaves to the Sovithwest. This was one of the 
principal causes for the eominencement of the very extensive emigration 
from this section of the eoimtry to Kentucl<y. which set in id)out 17S(), and 
continued during a succeeding period of ten or fifteen years. 

Among the number of residents of Fayette County who registered slaves 
under the requirements of the law of 1780 are fovmd the following-named 
persons : 

Edward Cook, registered Oct. 12, 1780, seven slaves, viz: James, aged 45; 
Sail, 35; Davy, 24; Josua, 22; Esther, 17; Nelly, 16; and Sue, 1 year. 



Courts Organized — First Attorneys 27 



Zachariah Council, Oct. 2S, 17<S0, two slaves, viz.: Tom, aged 32, and 
Luce, 40. 

Thomas Brown, Dec. 27, 1782, six slaves. 

William McCormick, Dec. 30, 1782, five slaves. 

James Finley, 1781 and 1782, eight slaves. 

Van Swearingen, 1780, nine slaves, and in 1781 four more. 

William Goe, 1782, ten slaves. 

Robert Beall, 18 slaves; Walter Brisco, 9; Margaret Hutton, 9; Isaac Mca- 
son, 8; James Cross, 8; Andrew Linn, 7; Sarah Harding, 7; Nancy Brashears, 
12; Richard Noble, 7; Benjamin Stevens, 6; James Dearth, 6; John Steveson, 
5; Samuel Kincaid, 5; Peter Laughlin, 5; John McKibben, 5; Edmund Free- 
man, 4; James Blackiston, 4; Isaac Pierce, 4; Agustine Moore, 4; Hugh Laugh- 
lin, 4; Benjamin Davis, 4; James Hammond, 4. Each of the following-named 
registered three slaves, viz.: Providence Mounts, John Minter, Margaret 
Vance, William Harrison, Dennis Springer, Thomas Moore, Joseph Grabel, 
Robert Harrison, Isaac Newman, John Wells. Among those who registered 
two slaves each were Richard Stevenson. John Harding, Mark Harding, 
Robert Ross, Philip Shute, John Mason, John Laughlin, Otho Brashears, 
Jonathan Arnold, and Rezin Virgin. There were also inany others who had 
slaves. 

COURTS ORGANIZED— FIRST ATTORNEYS. 

The same act of Assembly that erected Fayette County also pro^'ided 
that the Justices of the Peace then commissioned and residing within the 
territory, or any three of them, could hold Courts of General Quarter Ses- 
sions of the peace and such other courts as the business of the commvmity or 
the county demanded. 

Lender this provision the first term of Court of Quarter Sessions and Com- 
mon Pleas was held in the schoolhouse at Uniontown, on the fourth Monday 
of December, 1783, before Philip Rogers, Esq., and his associates. The first 
business of the court was the admission of attorneys, and the first attorneys 
admitted to the bar in Fayette County were Thomas Scott, Hugh M. Brecken- 
ridge, David Bradford, Michael Huffnagle, George Thompson, Robert Gal- 
braith, Samuel Irwin, and David Rcdick. 



NUMBER AND NAMES OF TOWNSHIPS— WHEN ERECTED. 

At this same session of C(.)vxrt the following townships were created: Wash- 
ington, Franklin. Luzerne, Merjallen, Union, German, Georges, Spring Hill, 
and Wharton. Since then the following townships were erected: Tyrone, 
March, 1784; Bullskin, March, 1784; Redstone, December, 1797, Salt Lick, 
December, 1797; Dunbar, December, 1798; Bridgeport, November, 1815; 
Brownsville, November, 1817; Connellsville, October 31, 1822; Henry Clay, 
June 9, 1824; Perry, June 7, 1839; Jefferson, June, 1840; Nicholson, Decem- 
ber 19, 1845; Youghiogheny, December 11, 1847; Springfield, March 10, 1849; 



28 First County Otlicials 



North and South Union, March 11, 1851 ; Stewart, March, 1855; at which time 
the township of Youghiogheny ceased to exist, a part of its territory 
being included in Stewart, and the remainder was annexed to Springfield. 
In September, 1877, Tyrone Township was divided and formed into the two 
townships of Upper and Lower Tyrone. 

Concerning this first court, Ephriam Douglas in a letter to President Dick- 
inson, under date of February 2, 1784, and written from Uniontown, says: 
"The courts were opened for this county on the 23d of December last; the 
gathering of people was pretty numerous, and I was not alone in fearing that 
we should have had frequent proofs of that turbulence of spirit with \\hich 
they have been so generally, perhaps so justly, stigmatized, but I now take 
great satisfaction in doing them the justice to say that they behaved to a man 
with good order and decency. Our grand jury was really respectable, equal, 
at least, to manv I ha\-e seen in courts of long standing. " 



FIRST COUNTY OFFICIALS. 

The following is a list of the first officials of the different departments, 
who served after the organization of the county. It should perhaps be 
stated here that until 1839 there w-as no election of sheriff, prothonotary, 
treasurer, register, recorder, clerk of orphans' court, or coroner. Up until 
this time these ofHcers were appointed by the court. The first election of 
surveyor took place in 1805 and the first election of auditor, in 1809. 

For three years after the organization of the cotmty, it had no sheriff but 
the sheriff of Westmoreland County filled the position. 

First SherifiE (appointed) Robert Orr, 1784. 

First Sheriff (elected) WiUiam Morris, 1841. 

First Prothonotary (appointed) Ephraim Douglass, 1783. 

First Prothonotary (elected) Daniel Kaine, 1842. 

First County Commissioners, Zachariah Connell, Joseph Caldufll, Thomas 
Gaddis, 1787. 

The first Clerk of the Board of Commissioners of which there is any record 
was in 1796 when Andrew Oliphant filled that position. 

First County Treasurer (appointed) Ephraim Douglas, 1784. 

First Treasurer (elected) WiUiam B. Roberts, 1839. 

First Register of Deeds who it seems was also Recorder of Wills and Clerk 
of Orphans' Court, (appointed) Alexander McClean, 1783 served till 1833. 

First Register, Recorder and Clerk (elected) Joseph Gadd, 1S42. 

First Coroner (appointed) Henrj^ Beeson, 1786. 

First Coroner (elected) James C. Cummings. 1841. 

First Surveyors (appointed) Archibald McClean, A. Lane. Alexander Mc- 
Clean, Moses McClean, served 1769 to 1772. 

First Svirveyor (elected) James Snyder, 1850. 

First Auditors (appointed) Alexander McClean, Presley Carr Lane and 
Nathaniel Breading, 1791. 

First Auditors (elected) Joseph Torrence. William Linn and Thomas Col- 
lins. 1809. 



Present County Officials 29 



First President Judge of the courts of this judicial district, Nathaniel 
Ewing, 1838-48. 

For a number of years after the organization of the county, the work of the 
district attorney was done by a deputy attorney-general. R. Galbraith 
was the first to serve in this capacity, under William Bradford, 1792. Prior 
to this time the work was done by the attorney-general. The first District 
Attorney elected was Everard Bierer, 1850. 



PRESENT COUNTY OFFICIALS. 

Judges, E. H. Reppert and R. E. Umbel. 

District Attorney, A. E. Jones. 

Assistant District Attorney, Thomas Hudson. 

Sheriff, S. E. Frock. 

Register and Recorder, Logan Rush, 

Prothonotary, P. E. Shcppard. 

Treasurer, R. H. McLain. 

Commissioners, M. E. Townsend, A. J. Stentz, J. S. Graham. 

Poor Directors, A. E. Hosier, O. G. Chick, T. H. Ryan. 

Auditors, Newton Newcomer, J. H. Humbertson, James Rhodes. 

Steward County Home, Joseph Miller. 

Coroner, A. C. Hagan. 



LIST OF PRESENT ATTORNEYS. 

The following is a list of attorneys of the Fayette County bar and among 
them arc many whose fame is not confined to Fayette County nor to the 
State of Pennsylyania, while not a few have been honored with the highest 
political ofticcs in the gift of the people of the county. Congressional, Legis- 
lative or Jiadicial District: 

UNIONTOWN. 

J. B. Adams D. M. Hcrtzog 

A. P. Austin Wm. A. Hogg 

William Beeson R. F. Hopwood 

John Bierer Monroe Hopwood 

A. D. Boyd George D. Howell 

S. P. Boyd T. J. Hudson 

E. W. Boyd D. W. Henderson 

John Boyle George B. Jefferies 

Edward D. Brown A. E. Jones 

Edward Campbell W. L. Johnson 

W. N. Carr Thomas P. Jones 

J. H. Carroll George B. Kain 

J. S. Christy Charles F. Kef over 

C. D. Clark R. P. Kennedy 



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Courthouse, Sheriff's Residence and Jail 



M. M. Cochran 
J.H. CoUins 
A. F. Cooper 
J. M. Core 
J.R.Cray 
W. E. Crow- 
Harry A. Cottom 
Percy B . Cochran 
R. W. Dawson 
J. E. Dawson 
H. F. Detwdler 
H. S. Dumbatild 
J. W. Dawson 
J. K. Ewing 
Nathaniel Ewing 
S. E. Ewing 
J.H. Field 
L. H. Frasher 
V. M. Fuller 
E. D. Fulton 
E.Dale Field 
W. L. Gans 
A. C. Flagan 



T. S. Lackey 

R. H. Lindsey 

W. C. McKean 

D. W. McDonald 

J.T. Miller 

L. L. Minor 

W. P. Parshall 

Ira E. Partridge 

J. M. Oglevee 

k. W. Playford 

George Patterson 

H. L. Robinson 

F. P.Rush 

C. W. Rush 

B F. Sterhng 

Daniel Sturgeon 

W.J. Stnrgis 

Lee Smith 

]. Q. Van Swearingen 

T. R. Wakefield 

R. D. Warman 

A. D. WiUiams 

J . C. Work 



CONNF.LLSVILLE. 



Win. H. Brown 
S. R. Smith 



E. C. Higbee 
P. S. Newmyer 
Leslie A. Howard 



BRIDGEPORT (CADWALLADER P. O.) 



Harrv A. Cottom. 



COURTHOUSE, SHERIFF'S RESIDENCE AND lAlL. 



The present public buildings of Fayette County thoroughly sustain the 
reputation of the county. The stone jail, one of the best of its kind in Penn- 
sylvania, was completed in 1890 at a cost of $106,000. The courthouse, a 
substantial and artistic stone structtirc, ninety-one feet front and one hundred 
and fifteen feet deep, is three stories high, with a basement and tower, the 
latter of which rises to a height of more than two hundred feet. There are 
two court rooms, an elevator, and the modern conveniences and appliances 
of a city courthouse. The courthouse was erected at an expense of more than 
$300,000, and ranks as one of the most complete and artistic structures of 
its kind in llu' State. It is an enduring memorial of the energy and enter- 
prise of the people who designed and cfinstructed it. The architects were 



Favette Coiiiitv Poorhouse and Farm 



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l-'aycUe County Court HoiiSf, Unioiitown 

E. M. Butz and William Kaufman; thu builders were Lawhead, Modisette & 
Co. : Elias Hatfield, John Kirk, S. A. Morris, J. W. Rutler, S. W. Patterson and 
Robert Po-\vell were the commissioners supervising the construction. A 
boiler house and electric plant, heat and light both the jail and the court- 
house. 

FAYETTE COUNTY POORHOUSE AND FARM. 



The earliest reference to a county poorhouse found in the records of P"ayette 
is in a notice by the Commissioners, dated Oct. 14, bS22, of which the folhv- 
ing is a copy, viz. : 

"To Daniel Lynch, Esq., High Sheriff of the County of Fayette: 

Sir: Agreeably to the provisions of an Act of Asseinbly to i)ro\"ide for 
the erection of a house for the employment and support of the poor in the 
county of Fayette, we hereby notify you that the returns of the Judges of 
Election held in the several districts of the county of Fayette, on the Sth inst. 
(it being the second Tuesday in October, A. D. 1822) have certified to us that 
at the said election there was given for a poorhouse one thousand and twentj'- 
five votes, Avhereby it appears that there is a majority in favor of the estab- 
lishment of a poorhouse of four hundred and eleven votes. Yovi will therefore 
take such order therein as is provided by the law aforesaid. " 



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Fayette County roorhousf ami I'ariii 




Fayette Ci>uiit\ lloiiie 



Nothing is fottnd showing the action taken by the sheriff in ]nn-suance 
of the notification. 

On the 12th of December, bS2o. "the Poorhouse Directors met to estimate 
the expense of erecting the |)oorhousc and of keeping the poor for one year, " 
and on the 7th of January next following, the Directors purchased from 
Peter McCann a tract of land for a ])oor farm. The tract contained one 
hundred and thirteen acres and ninety-nine perches, situate on the National 
Road, northwest of Uniontown, in Union township, near its western boundary. 
On the 2Gth of April following, an order for one thousand dollars was issued 
in favor of William Livingston, Frederick Shearer, and Isaac Core, Directors 
of the Poor, to lie l)y them applied to the erection of a house upon the jjoor 
farm. Avigust 14th in the same year another order of the same amount was 
issued by the Commissioners to the Directors of the Poor, " to be appropriated 
in paying for the poorhovise thereon." A further sum of six htmdred 
dollars was appropriated for the same pur])ose in 1S25 "tor repairs and ad- 
ditions. " 

On the 2d of June, 1834, the poor farm was enlarged by the purchase from 
Alexander Turner for eight hundred and eighteen dollars of sixteen acres and 
sixty perches of land adjoining the original tract. The present poor house 
s on the original tract of land and is one of the linest structures lor the 
purpose in the state. 



First Coal Used in Faj-ette County 3;} 



FIRST COAL USED IN FAYETTE COUNTY. 

As is well known, Fayette County embraces apart of the great Appalachian 
coal field and is rich in iron, limestone and fire clay. The great Pittsburg 
bed of coal tmderlies this entire section, that in the Connellsville basin being 
peculiarly adapted for coke while that along the Monongahela river, while it 
also makes the best of coke is sufficiently hard to bear shipping and millions 
upon millions of bushels of it are shipped by rail and river to the south. 

The first vise of coal west of the Allegheny mountains of which we have any 
authentic account is in a journal of Col. James Burd. The entry was 
made Saturday September 22, 1759 while in camp abovit four and a half 
miles from the mouth ofDtmlap's creek (Nemacolin creek) . He says: "The 
camp inoved two miles to Coal Run. This run is entirely paved in the bottom 
with fine stone coal, and the hill on the south of it is rock of the finest coal 
I ever saw. I burned about a btishel of it on my fire." 

Froin this it is inferred that Colonel Burd was familiar with the vise of coal 
and it is an accepted fact that coal was mined and used east of the AUeghenies, 
in Virginia, as early as 1750. But, of the untold millions of wealth that lay 
hidden beneath the rvigged surface of Western Pennsylvania and that has not 
reached the zenith of its development, neither Colonel Burd nor any one else 
for niany years subsequent, had the faintest conception. Even now the 
extent and value of this depository of nature is comprehended but by few, 
if in fact bv anv. 



COKE FIRST MADE AND USED IN FAYETTE COUNTY. 

Following the building of furnaces and rolling mills, came the discovery of 
the use of coke and as a result, that industry that has now made Fayette 
County, and particularly the Connellsville region, famous as well as rich, sprang 
up. The making of coke in the United States and in fact in the western hemi- 
sphere, originated in Fayette County, without doubt, and as before mentioned. 
Colonel Meason was in all probability the pioneer, though he made but little 
and used but little. 



IRON INDUSTRY IN FAYETTE COUNTY. 

The iron ore of Fayette County early attracted attention and in fact the 
first iron that was produced west of the mountains was in Fayette County 
and from Fayette County ore. The blue lump ore was the first discovered. 
This lies directly below the bed of the Pittsburg coal in the Connellsville 
basin. Other beds of ore were soon discovered, however, and it was not long 
till the county was dotted with furnaces that were the forerunners of the 
acres of seething furnaces and rumbling steel mills that now make the Monon- 
gahela Valley famous the world over. 

The first furnaces of Fayette County were of necessity small and for many 
years vised charcoal for smelting though Col. Isaac Meason used some 



34 Irt)n Induslrv in I'avcttc Couiitv 



coke at his Plumsock furnace as early as 1817, and F. H. Oliphant run his 
Fairchance furnace with coke for a time as early as 1836, making a good grade 
of iron . 

The first iron furnace west of the AUeghenics was the Alliance Iron Works 
on Jacobs Creek and from court records must have been built prior to 1789. 
It is further evident that shot and shell were furnished General Anthonv 
Wayne in his expedition against the Indians, by the Alliance Iron Works. 

The Alliance furnace was soon followed by Union Fvirnace, by Meason. 
Dillon & Co., Spring Hill Furnace, Hayden's Forge and Fairfield Furnace, 
Redstone Furnace, Fairchance Furnace, and many others. 

The first rolling mill in Fayette County, from the most authentic records, 
was erected by Jeremiah Pt"ars, at Plumsock in Menallen township. 
Exactly when it was built is not known but from court records it must have 
been built prior to 1794. It is conceded that the first puddling and rolling of 
bar iron west of the Allegheny mountains was done at this place after it 
became the property of Col. Isaac Meason. The mill was erected and put 
in operation l)y Thomas C. Lewis, a Welshman who had worked in rolling 
mills in Wales. It is related by his son Samuel C. Lewis that he visited many 
iron manufacturers in the east and made every possible effort to induce 
them to erect mills for rolling bar iron, but without success. He then came 
west. At Connellsville, he met Col. Isaac Meason who took kindly to the 
idea immediately, at once seeing the feasibility of the plans of Mr. Lewis. 
He entered into a contract with Mr. Lewis at a certain salary for three 
years with the proviso that if the mill proved a sviccess he (Lewis) should 
be taken into partnership and should receive one-third of the profits. 

The place selected for the mill was at Upper Middletown, then better known 
as Plumsock, on Redstone Creek, about midway between Brownsville and 
Connellsville, as Mr. Meason already had some forges there. The erecting of 
that mill was attended with a great deal of difficultj\ as pattern makers and 
molders were not very plenty, so that a great deal of this work fell on Mr. 
Lewis, who made nearly all the patterns. Taking everything into consider- 
ation, the mill was completed in a very short time, having been commenced 
some time in 1816, and started aVxiut September, 1R17. His brother came 
over when the work was pretty well on, and as he was also a first-rate mechanic, 
helped the work on very much. An incident is given here, as showing the 
opposition he met with in the erection of this mill. Two ironmasters from 
Lancaster Cdunty, by the names of Hughes and Boyer, rode all the way on 
horseback, nearly two hvmdred miles, went to Mr. Meason, and tried to con- 
vince him that it was impossible to roll iron into bars. Mr. Meason told them 
to go and talk to Mr. Lewis about it, which they did, and told him it was a 
shame for him to impose on Mr. Meason, as it might ruin the old gentleman. 
Mr. Lewis replied to Mr. Hughes, "You know you can eat?" "Why, yes," 
he knew that. "Well, how do you know it?" He could not give a reason 
why, but he knew he could eat. "Well," says Mr. Lewis, "1 will tell yovi 
how you know it — you have done it before; and that is why I know I 
can roll bar iron. I have done it before!" "Very well," said Mr. Hughes, 
"go ahead, and when you are ready to start let us know, and we will come 



Fayette County Agricultural Associations 35 

and see the failure." According to promise they did come on, but left 
perfectly satisfied of its success. 

The persons engaged in starting the works were Thomas C. Lewis, engineer; 
George Lewis, roller and turner; Sam Lewis, heater; James Lewis, catcher. 
Henry Lewis was clerk in the office. They were all brothers. James Pratt 
worked the refinery, and David Adains worked the puddling furnace. 

It is not certain how long this first pviddling and rolling mill continued in 
operation, nor when its fires were finally extinguished. 



FAYETTE COUNTY AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATIONS. 

As the agriculturist was the first to record his name on the pages of the 
history of the county, so he was among the first to promulgate organiza- 
tions for the exhibition of products and the furthering of agricultviral inter- 
ests. As early as 1822, we find the records of an agricultural association. 
Of this Ellis says, in his History of Fayette County, issued in 1882 : 

"The existence of a society for the promotion of agriculture in Fayette 
County over eighty years ago is proved by an entry in the records of the Com- 
missioners of date Sept. 2, 1822, at which time the board issued $150 to 
Hugh Thompson, Treasurer of the Society for the Promotion of Agriculture 
and Domestic Manufactures in Fayette County, which sum the said Society 
are entitled to receive out of the County Treasury agreeable to an Act of 
the General Assembly passed March 6, 1820.' ' 

Again March 10, 1823, we find in the Bniwnsville Western Register, an 
advertisement of Col. Samtiel Evans, Secretary of the Agricultural So- 
ciety, announcing the premiums to be awarded at the exhibition that year. 
In this advertisement it is stipulated that articles must have been manu- 
factured in Fayette County otherwise they would not be entitled to premituns. 
No further notice is of record concerning this organization. 

The next record we find of any such organization is in 1852. This was 
formed in Jefferson Township and a fair was held on the farm of Robert 
Elliott. It seems that after this William Colvin of Redstone and citizens of 
Biownsville and Luzerene townships, conceived the idea of organizing a 
county association which they accordingly did and a fair was held on the 
farm of Eli Cope, Esq., near Brownsville. Along in 1857 or 1858 it seems 
that the various agricultural societies (several others had been formed 
in the meantime) combined and organized one at Uniontown. Fairs 
were held at or near Uniontown se\'eral times l)ut the Civil War seems 
to have broken up this society and the next organization of the kind we find 
was in 1869. The grounds of this were located on the farm of William Brit- 
ton above Brownsville, bvit it too, proved a failure. 

Ten years later, or to be exact, July 21, 1S7U, the Fayette County Agri- 
cultural Association was chartered by E. B. Dawson, Robert Hogsett, William 
Beeson, Joseph M. Hadden, and John Snyder. 



36 Fayette County Medical Society 



FAYETTE COUXTY Mi:i)l(\\L SOCIETY. 

The first medical society organized was known as the Union Medical Society 
and was organized some time prior to Oct. 9, 1809, because there appeared a 
notice in the Genius of Liberty, of that date calling a meeting of this society 
at the house of Mr. James Gregg in Uniontown, for Tuesday, the 7th 
daj' of November at 1 1 a. m. There appears no account of the meeting 
except that a committee that seems to have been appointed at the time 
makes a report under date of Sept. 1, 1810, in which it recommends a 
schedule of compensations for medical services This report is signed bv 
Robert D. Moore, Lewis Sweitzer, and Lewis Marchand. 

The Fayette County Medical Association was formed at a meeting of the 
physicians of the county, held for that purpose at the Town Hall in Uniontown, 
June 25, 1844. The physicians present were, Drs. Campbell, Stanley, John- 
son, Thompson, Roberts, Worrak, Miller, Fleming, Jones, Lindley, Robinson, 
Post, Ftiller, Neff, Penny, Marchand, Lafferty, Fitter, Mathiot, and Shugart. 
Dr. Abraham Stanley was made chairman, and was assisted by Drs. Lindley 
and Cam]^bell, the latter delivering the address. Dr. Smith Fuller and Dr. 
H. F. Roberts reported a constitution and by-laws which were adopted by 
the meeting. Among those w'ho signed this document were Dr. Abraham 
Stanley of Bridgeport, and Drs. W. L. Lafferty and Lewis Marchand of 
Brownsville. Dr. Hugh Campbell was elected president; Dr. Smith Fuller, 
treasurer; Dr. A. H. Campbell, corresponding secretary; Dr. H F. Roberts, 
recording secretary. The last record of this society is dated Dec. 19, 1844. 

Another medical society was organized in Brownsville, May 18, 1869. 
There were present at the organization of this society, Drs. J. S. Van Vorhees, 
W. H. Sturgeon, H. F. Roberts, W. P. Duncan, S.A. Conklin, J. B. Ewing, 
Knoz and Hazlet. Drs. Duncan, Ewing, Conklin and Sturgeon, submitted 
a constitution based on one of the Allegheny County medical society's, and 
by-laws were signed by the above-named physicians and the following ad- 
ditional ones: Dr. F. C. Robinson and Dr. B. F. Conklin. The first officers 
of this society were, Dr. Wm. S. Duncan, president; Dr. J. S. Van Vorhees, 
vice president; Dr. J. B. Ewing, recording secretary; Dr. H. F\ Roberts, coi- 
responding secretary; Dr. W. H. Sturgeon, treasurer. At a meeting held the 
following July, the constitution was also signed by Drs. Lindley, Fuller, 
Groonet, Phillips, Rogers, Patten, Mathiot, Carey, Finley, and Eastman. 

This organization still exists with a membership of 77. The names of the 
present officials are, Drs. George O. Evans, President; Wm. H. Means, 
Vice President; Levi S. Gaddis, Secretary and Treasurer: John D. Sturgeon, 
Assistant Secretary. 

The stated times of meeting are the first Tuesdays of January, April, July 
and October, at Uniontown, Pa. 



Geology ot Fayette County 

Geological Location of Fayette County — The Great Connellsville 
Basin — The Monongahela Basin — Lower Productive Coal Meas- 
ures — Laurel and Chestnut Ridges — Something About the Geo- 
logical Structure — The Laurel Ridge Anticlinal — The Upper 
Barren Series — Economic Geology of Fay'ette County — The Great 
Coke Industry' — Horizon of Iron Ore in Fayette County — Loca- 
tion and Extent of the Connellsville Coke Region — Tabulated 
Coke Statistics. 



In Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of 
Faj'ette County, we find the following condensed geological description of 
Fayette County, Pennsylvania, and also a brief sketch of the oil, gas, coal, 
iron and coke industries, that will pro\'e interesting in years to come : 

GEOLOGICAL LOCATION. 

"From Prof. J. P. Lesley's geological decsription of Fayette County in 
1884 we condense the following: Fayette County lies in the second, third 
and fourth bituiTiinous coal basins of Pennsylvania. The second or Ligonier 
Valley basin, is lined with the lower productive coal measures, supporting 
numerous isolated hills of Barren measures, none of which are lofty enough 
to preserve the Pittsburg (Connellsville) coal bed. In the Youghiogheny 
river gaps is the Catskill (ix) , but containing Chemung fossils (viii) . On the 
broad suinmit of Laurel Hill and Chestnut Ridge remain plates of the 
conglomerate, fifty to seventy feet high, composed of a friable Avhitish sand- 
stone, cleft in vast cubical masses, and weatherworn into shallow caves. 
The "Elk Rock" is near Connellsville, and the "Cow Rock" on the edge of 
the precipice is covered with Indian sculptvire. 

THIRD OR CONNELLSVILLE BASIN. 

The third or Connells\-ille basin carries the Pittsburg bed four miles wide 
and thirty-three miles long through its center. It also carries the upper 
productive coal measure consisting of four principal coal beds and many 
massive limestone strata. In two or three places its sinall hilltops have 
preserved some of the Upper Barren measures. 

THE FOURTH OR MONONGAHELA BASIN. 

The fourth or Monogahela basin occupies all the western townships, with 
a multitude of collieries on the Pittsburg bed facing the river pools. The 



38 IvOwer Productive Coal Measures 

Upper Barren measures are in Jefferson, Redstone, Luzerene and German 
Townships, while the Washington Co^mty series are not well exposed and 
the Greene Cotmty series not ]:)reserved. 

LOWER PRODUCTIVE COAL MEASURES. 

The Lower Productive coal measvu'cs co\'er all the west half of the count v. 
and so do the Lower Barren measures excejit along Redstone Creek at upper 
Middletown. The former are principally under ground, but where coming, 
up on the Hank of Chestnut Ridge, they show five coal beds. The lower coal 
beds have not been mtich worked yet on account of the outcrop of the Pitts- 
burg coal bed. Important beds of iron ore lie at five different horizons in 
Fayette County, and have been mined a good deal for the use of local blast 
furnaces. (1) First five beds of kimp and flag clay-iron-stone, within 
twenty-five feet under the Pittsburg coal bed ; (2) two overlying the Mahoning 
sandstone at Lemont; (3) the local Norris, Jacobs Creek or Pridevale beds 
under the Mahoning sandstone; (4) the Stanford on top of the conglomerate; 
and (5), most important of all, the Honeycomb, Kidney and Red ores of 
No. XI, in the ravines of Chestnut Ridge. 

LAUREL AND CHESTNUT RIDGES. 

In the structural geology of Fayette County we find that the last two great 
U])lifts of the Appalachian chain are marked bj- Laurel and Chestnut Ridges. 
A minor uplift parallel to Chestnut Ridge enters the county at the southwest 
and extends into Westmoreland County. It is known as Brush Ridge, has 
a thin soil, and is destitute of coal, which has been swept away. Between 
Laurel and Chestnut Ridges, is the first or Ligonier basin, which holds the 
two lower groups of the coal-bearing rocks. The second or Connellsville 
basin is between Chestnut and Brush Ridges and holds three groups of coal- 
bearing rocks. 

GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE. 

The geological structure of the county. Prof. John J. Stevenson states, 
helps to make it prominent as a producer of iron, coal and coke. Prof. 
Stevenson explains that the great fold of Chestnut Ridge has brought to light 
in Deep Creek cuts, rocks that are 2,500 feet below Union town, and thrown 
high above water level in deep ravines, on both sides, are important series 
of iron ores, that, had this fold been al)sent, the Connellsville coaking coal 
bed would have been 1,800 feet below Union town. He also explains that 
Brush Ridge is jtist as important as the other ridges, that it brings to light 
again the great coal bed sinking under the svtrface at the western base of 
Chestnut Ridge, and that in rising up to lose its own coal, brought to light 
the Pittsburg bed, which otherwise would have been 600 feet deep at Jennings 
Run, 1,400 feet at Searights, and 1,500 feet at Brownsville. That it also 
separates the coke and gas basins, and while it is the same bed on each side. 



Laurel Rida;e Anticlinal 39 



yet the physical structure is different, the partings in the coke field being 
irregular and thin, btit in the gas coal field are regular and of slate. That in 
chemical composition the gas coal field has a larger increase of volatile 
matter, and while it produces good coke, yet it is recognized as a typical 
gas coal with no superior in the market. 

FIXE BUILDING STONE. 

An excellent building rock is foiind in different parts of Fayette County, 
and especially at Monroe where bluestone quarries are opened, and their 
products transported over a short branch railroad to the B. & O. road at 
Hutchinson Station. 

The systemic or structural geology of Fayette County, shows that its 
exposed, stratified rocks belong to the carboniferous age, and the geological 
column which they form is about 2,750 feet in thickness, according to ex- 
posures along the three anticlinals and three synclinals of the three typo- 
graphical valleys of the county. 

LAUREL RIDGE ANTICLINAL.' 

The Laurel Ridge anticlinal is the eastern mountain boundary of the 
county and the Ligonier Valley, whose synclinal crosses Indian Creek near 
the mouth of Laurel Run, the Youghiogheny between the mouths of Jona- 
than's and Bear Runs and the National Road, two miles west of Farmington. 
Next westward comes the Chestnut Ridge anticlinal separating the Ligonier 
and Blairsville Valleys or troughs and the Blairsville synclinal crosses the 
Youghiogheny between Broad Ford and Connellsville, Redstone Creek at 
Uniontown and Cheat River near the Line Ferry. The Blairsville or Connells- 
\'ille trough, for its western boundary, has the Saltsburg anticlinal (sometirnes 
called the Fayette County axis or Brush Ridge), which runs west of Flat- 
woods, and three miles west of Uniontown crosses Georges Creek near the 
Old Crow mill, and reaches Cheat river a short distance above its motith. 
The next valley west, the Libston or Irwin trough, is but partly in Fayette 
County, and its sjmclinal crosses little Redstone near Red Lion, Redstone 
at Park's Mill, Dunlap's Creek a mile beloAV the German Township line and 
the Monongahela river a mile from the mouth of Middle Rvm. 
Formations. Measures. Feet. 

XIII. The Coal Measures. 

1. Upper Barren Series 23G 

2. Upper Productive Coal Series 437 

3. Lower Barren Series 491 

4. Lower Productive Coal Series 313 

XII. Pottsville Conglomerates (serai) 235 

XI. Mauch Chunk Red Shale (Umbral) 200 

X. Pocono Sandstone (Vespertine) 838 

IX. Catskill (Ponent) Rocks 

Approximates 2.750 



40 The I'pper Barren Series 



THK UPPER B.\RRI':X SERIES. 

The Upper Barren Scries are poorly represented in Fayette County, lying 
pricipally in the Libston trough. The Washington limes jmd coals are 
important, the Waj^'nesburg and Jollytown coals almost wanting, and its 
base, the Waynesburg sandstone, is over 70 feet thick. The sandstone 
forms a roof of the Upper Productive coal series, which contain the 
great Pittsburg coal bed with its Connellsville coking coal basin and 
forms a large part of the Libston and Blairsville troughs or valleys. The 
Washington, Waynesbvirg, Redstone, Sewickley and Uniontown coals and 
limes are present while the fishpot and great limestones are important. The 
Lower Barren series have the Pittsburg coal for a roof and the Mahoning 
Sandstone for a floor, and mark the course of the anticlinals by bands of 
poor soil, these series carrying the Little Pittsburg, Elk Lick, Berlin, Piatt, 
Coleman and Philson coal beds in the Ligonier Valley, varying from four to 
twenty-four inches, and the Barton and a couple of other twelve-inch coal 
in the Blairsville trough. Thej^ have the Morgantown sandstone and some 
valuable limes and fire clays. The Lower Productive coal series lie along 
the slopes of Chestnut and Laurel Ridges, and are between Lower Barren 
Shales and the Piedmont sandstone. These series carry the Upper and 
Lower Freeport and Kittanning coals and limestones, and the Clarion and 
Brookville coals. Mahoning sandstone is the important rock, while the coal 
seams vary from one to five feet, and limestones and fire clays are good. 
The Pottsville (serai) conglomerate, is exposed on the slopes of Chestnut and 
Laurel Ridges and along the whole gorge of the Youghiogheny ri\-er in the 
Ligonier Valley. The Pottsville rests on the conglomerate, and carries the 
Mt. Savage coal bed in Wharton and Stewart Townships. The Maucli Chunk 
red shale (umbral rocks), are along Chestnut Ridge and the Youghiogheny 
river, and one of the series of rounded knobs of this series is Sugar Loaf moun- 
tain, south of Ohiopyle. Fragments of a coal bed exist, but its im- 
portant beds are the Mountain and Siliceous limes, the mountain increasing 
southwestward to ninety feet, and the Siliceous gaining northward tmtil 
reaching fifty feet. The Pocono (Vespertine) sandstone forms nearly all 
the valleys of the streams in the Ligonier Valley and fringes the western base 
of Chestnut Hill Ridge; while the Catskill rocks appear in the deep mountain 
gorges near Monroe, and on the Youghiogheny at the mouth of Indian Creek 
and where the river ctits through Laurel Hill Ridge. 

ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF FAYETTE COUNTY. 

In discussing the economic geology of Fayette County, Prof. J.J. Stevenson 
says: "The iron ores of Fayette County have played a great part in the 
history of iron manufacturing in America, and among the men who must be 
recognized as contributing both to the honor and the prosperity of the county 
one of the highest places must be assigned to Fidelio Hughes Oliphant ; while 
still a lad he practically revolutionized the process of refining iron at Fair- 
chance furnace, he was first of Americans to manufacture iron with coke as 



Horizons of Iron Ore in Fayette County 41 

the fuel; at the same furnace he used the first hot blast; at the same furnace 
he first of all recognized the advantage of utilizing the furnace gases, and 
his was the plan of placing the engine house on the top of the stack — a 
cumbrous plan indeed, but sufficiently economical in the days of small 
furnaces. Fifty years ago the Oliphant iron was without superior in the 
county. " 

HORIZONS OF IRON ORE IN FAYETTE COUNTY. 

There are two important horizons of iron ore in Fayette County. 

1. The coal ore, a persistent carbonate ore. 

2. The mountain ore, an irregtilar but heavy yielding ore. 

The coal or upper group vmderlies the Pittsburg coal bed, and is confined to 
the Connellsville basin, the northern part of Spring Hill Township and the 
Monongahela river north to Cat's Run. It has four beds, the Blue Lump, 
the Big Bottom, the Red Flag, and the Yellow Flag, whose combined thick- 
ness averages two feet within a vertical distance of twelve feet. A late 
estimate places the amount of coal ore yet unmined in the eastern part of the 
basin at one hundred and eighty millions of tons. The coal ores contain 
from thirty to thirty- three per cent, of iron, and from 13 to 20 per cent, of 
phosphorus. The Blue Lump was the ore first discovered and worked west 
of the Allegheny motintains. 

The mountain (umbral) ore or lower group, is at the base of the column 
of the coal-bearing series, and lies in the underlying shales of the great con- 
glomerate. It underlies a large area on each side of Chestnut Ridge. It has 
four beds, the Little Honeycomb, the Big Honeycomb, the Kidney and the 
Big Bottom, which are irregular in thickness, and have many gaps, but yet 
average 2 feet 6 inches, and yield enormous amounts of ore. The mountain 
ores contain from thirty-two to thirty-nine per cent, of iron, from .03 to .025 
of phosphorus, and .08 to .04 of sulphur. A mixture of Blue Lump and 
mountain ores b}^ F. H. Oliphant produced the famous Fairchance neutral 
iron of extraordinary strength which proved by test at Washington to be 
twice as strong as the standard. 

Iron ore, limestone and coking coal can all be found in the same hill along 
the western base of Cliestnut Ridge, while but two miles away is a compact 
fire clay of excellent quality for oven bricks and furnace linings. The 
closeness of these ores, limestones and clay give great advantages to iron 
manufacturers in the Connellsville basin. 



LIMESTONE. 

"Limestone is abundant, though there are narrow strips running longi- 
tudinally through the country where no limestone is exposed. Thin beds 
only exist in the valley between Chestnut and Laurel Ridges, but an ample 
supply for all purposes can be obtained from the great mountain limestone 
which is exposed in deep hollows in the sides of both ridges. The great lime- 
stone is exposed also in the hollows along the western side of the Chestnut 



42 Fire Clay — Oil and Gas Fields 

Ridge, and it has been quarried at many localities, especially in the northern 
part of the county. Some of these beds yield lime as white as the celebrated 
Louisville brand. Good lime is fotmd nearly everywhere within the Connells- 
ville basin, in the hills covering the Pittsburg coal bed. This rock is in great 
part clean enough to be used as a flivix in the iron furnaces, but contains more or 
less oxide of iron, and therefore the lime is not pure white. The limestone 
exposed along the river and lying above the Pittsburg bed is thick, and some of 
it is very pure. It is quarried at more than one locality for shipment to Pitts- 
burg, where it is used in the manufacture of glass and iron. 

FIRH CLAY. 

"Fire clays are abundant in different parts of the count3\ An excellent 
plastic clay occurs at Greensboro and New Geneva, on the Monongahela 
river. It is employed largely in the manufacture of pottery, which has a 
high reputation, and can be foimd almost everyv\'here in the southeastern 
states. Good brick clay is abundant everywhere in the subsoil. An excellent 
non-plastic clay exists along the east slope of Chestnut Ridge, and lies not 
far above the great conglomerate. It is manufactured into brick at Lemont, 
Mount Braddock, Dunbar, and on the Youghiogheny River above Connells- 
villc. The bricks are decidedly good, and but little, if at all, inferior to the 
bricks made at Mount Savage. Another non-plastic clay occurs in Henry 
Clay and Stewart Townships, and is the same with the celebrated Bolivar 
tire clay of Westmoreland Covmty. No attempts have been made to utilize 
this clay here, but in chemical composition it approached closely to the Mount 
Savage clay." 

A good quality of lire clay is found along Chestnut Ridge and is now being 
shi])ped to some extent. Some of the thicker sandstone beds when crushed 
and washed give a fine plate glass sand, and the Pt. Marion and Union town 
glass works are using home sands. 

OIL FIELDS. 

Petroleum was fotmd as early as 1S45 at Brownsville, in a well which was 
being drilled for salt water. Gas came in at 78G feet and the oil was reached 
at the Dunkard Creek horizon. 

Prof. J. J. Stevenson states that the oil-bearing rocks of Fayette County 
are above water level in the deep creek cuts in Chestnvit Ridge, and are 2,000 
feet below the surface at Upper Middletown, and 2,500 feet at Brownsville. 

German Township seems to be the heart of Fayette County's main oil 
field, and a full account of its wells may be found in the German Townshij) 
cha])ter of Nelson's work. 

GAS FIELDS. 

The gas in Fayette Cotinty seems to accompany the oil. and the greatest 
prodvictive gas fields surrovmd Mason town and McClellandtown, and are 
fully described in the history of German Township which is so wonderfully 
rich with oil, gas and coal. 



Fayette County Klondike 43 

COAL FIELDS. 

In the family of the carbons — diamond, graphite, coal, lignite and peat — 
the coal or "black diamond." is the most useful member. American coals 
are classified as anthracite and bittuninous, and the latter consists of carbon, 
volatile matter, water and ash, its value depending largely upon the relative 
percentages of these elements in its physical structure. Bituminous coal is 
divided into classes, steaining and gas coals. Fayette County lies in the 
Appalachian or second of the seven great bituminous coal fields of the United 
States, whose yearly output is 159,000,000 tons of coal prepared for con- 
sumption by a force of 250,000 men, and valued at $115,000,000. 

Fayette County really has three great coal fields or regions, the Upper 
Freeport bed and lower coal measure of the Ligonier Valley, the Connellsville 
and kindred beds of the Pittsburg bed in the Blairsville valley, and the harder 
coals of the Pittsbtirg bed in the Libston Valley, while someone has classed 
them as the mountain, the valley and the river coals. The Ligonier Valley 
coals have never been mined only for home consumption, but large bodies of 
coal on Indian Creek have been optioned. 

BITUMINOUS COAL FIELDS. 

The bituminous coal region of Pennsvlvania is divided into ten mining 
districts, and the territory of Fayette Covmty is inchided in the second, fifth 
and ninth of these districts. 



FAYETTE COUNTY KLONDIKE. 

Klondike is a name applied t(_) the C(jal fields of German and Mcnallen. 
and parts of Georges, Nichols and South Union Townships up the Mononga- 
hela river from the Three Towns, from a fancied resemblance of their sudden 
coal and coke development in 1S99 to the rapid development of the Alaskan 
gold fields of the Klondike district. Latent forces not yet developed, un- 
known conditions and rapid and contintial changes will make the writing of 
its history difficult for some time to come. It seems to be largely a western 
development of an easti.'rn field, a Chicago invasion of Carnegie's Pittsburg 
fuel field and the utilizing of a coal for fvirnacc coke that was formerly pro- 
nounced very inferior for that purpose. The Klondike east of Brush Ridge 
contains a considerable area of the Connellsville coking coal. 

COKE DEVELOPMENT IN FAYETTE COUNTY. 

Four great coinpanies are developing the Klondike and now own over 
12,000 acres of coking coal. W. J. Rainey's heirs, the National Steel 
Company, and the Continental Coke Company, are working the eastern 
Klondike, while the Federal Steel Company, through the Eureka Fuel 
Company, and the American Steel and Wire Company, through the American 



44 The Pioneer Coke Company 

Company, are operating west of Brush Ridge or in the western Klondike, 
while a ntimber of smaller companies are erecting works on small coal tracts 
throughout the Klondike. 

THE PIOXKER COKi: COMPANY. 

The pioneer company in the western Klondike is the Federal Steel Company-, 
whose main factor is the Illinois Steel Company and which acts through the 
Eureka Fuel Company, which was chartered Sept. 14, 1899, with a capital 
of .11,000,000, and whose officers arc Charles H. Foote, president; T. J. 
Hyman, vice president; C. P. Parker, secretary and treasurer, and John P. 
Brcnnen , general manager. On August 3, 1 899, they had bought 2,000 acres — 
the Dupuy and Hillman tracts — in Nicholson, German and Menallen Town- 
ships, for over $1,000,000, and afterwards added 4,000 acres more to these 
tracts. It is said that these companies selected these coal lands because 
the coal could be worked from the slope and without sinking shafts. Leckrone, 
on the farm of James Leckrone's heirs, and Footdale, named for the president 
of the company, are to be two of the four towns to be built with light and 
water systein, and at which will be located the four great mining plants to 
be worked by electricity and compressed air. Each town will have five 
htmdred hotises and four hundred ovens, except Leckrone, where 1,000 ovens 
are to be erected. All the works on this nine-mile tract are to be supplied 
from a great 4,000,000 gallon reservoir, now being completed near McClelland- 
town, on the divide 1,000 feet high, by the Huron Water Company, organized 
Sept. 14, 1899, with a capital of $50,000, and having the same oflficers as the 
Eureka Fuel Company. A large pumping station has been completed at the 
mouth of Brown's Run, and double engines will pump the water for fovir miles 
through great mains into the reservoir from which pipes wdll carry it to the 
different works. The Eureka Fuel Company, by the Masontown and New 
Salem Railway, will connect with the Pennsylvania and B. & O. Railways, 
and thus gain an outlet for their product. The huge water jilant will cost 
over $200,000, and the works over $2,000,000. 



AMERICAN STEEL AND WIRE COMPANY. 

Next in the Western Klondike was the American Steel and Wire Companj-, 
acting through the American Coke Company. They located on Middle Run 
and back of McClellandtown, bviying in October, 1899, nearly half a million 
dollars' worth of land, to which body they have added largely since, until they 
now have over 3,000 acres of coal. They have three great plants of over 400 
ovens each, which are being built at the three new towns of Gates, Edenborn 
and Lambert, named for officers of the company. Gates is at the mouth of 
Middle Run, Edenborn south of it and Lambert some three miles up the 
stream. Shafts some 300 feet deep are being sunk to the coal and all modern 
methods of mining will be introduced by this great company. 



46 The Coke Iiidustrv 



THE BESSEMER COMPANY. 

The Bessemer Company arc building the Griffin coke works on Catt's Run, 
Reeder & Fitzgerald are erecting the Shamrock works east of New Salem, 
Kiester is building a coke plant at the head of Whippoonvill Valley in the 
north of Mcnallcn. and numerous small companies have sccvircd considerable 
coal tracts on which to erect coke works. 



THE NATIONAL STEEL COMPANY. 

In the Eastern Klondike the National Steel Company was the pioneer 
of the whole bottom. Acting through the Continental Coke Company on 
May S, 1900, it bought from J. V. Thompson and others 717 acres of coal 
lands in Uniontown suburbs and South Union and Georges Townships at 
$1,000 per acre, and also took up a previous purchase of 1,250 acres in Georges 
and German at $800 per acre. The company are erecting three great plants 
and three villages between Uniontown and Walnut Hill, which are now known 
as Continental No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3. 



THE W. J. RAINEY COMPANY. 

The W. J. Rainey Compan)^ in August, 1899, purchased from the S. W. 
Connellsville Coke Company the Revere coal tract of 1,132 acres in Georges, 
German and Menallen Townships, for $1,075,000, and are constructing a four- 
mile branch railroad, a mile west of Uniontown, from the Coal Lick Rim Rail- 
road to their Revere works, now in course of erection, with several hundred 
ovens. The company is also btiilding a mining town, in the Eastern 
Klondike. Robert Snead was given a contract to i>ut eight miles of wire 
fencing along the Coal Lick Run road and its liranehes. 



THE COKE INDUSTRY. 

Uncertainty marks the accounts of the few experimental coke ovens 
erected in Fayette County between 1830 and 1S41 in which latter year the 
firms of Province McCormick, James Campbell and John Taylor, from sug- 
gestions of an Englishman, built two beehive ovens and made several hundred 
bushels of coke which they boated to Cincinnati, where they could not sell 
it, and bartered it off at almost a total loss. Two years later came Mordecai 
Cochran and his two nephews. Sample and James Cochran, and tliry were 
successful pioneers of coke manufacture in the Connellsville region, and the 
ultimate coke development of every coking coal region of the United States. 
They rented McCormick's two ovens and made twenty-four hour coke, which 
they introduced into the Cincinnati market, bvit had to wait for railroad 
transportation before building works upon an extensive scale. 



Tabulated Coke Statistics 47 



THE CIVIL WAR RETARDED THE CQKE INDUSTRY. 

The Ci\'il War also held back coke mantifacture in the Connellsville region, 
which did not commence actively until 1871. By 1876 there were 3,000 
ovens in operation, three years later they numbered 4,000 and in 1882 had 
increased to 8,400 while in 1899 19,689 ovens had an output of over 1 0,000,000 
tons of coke, which sold for over $20,000,000. Add to this the product of 
the thousands of ovens being erected in the Klondike and the possible works 
of the Ligonier Valley, and the twentieth century coke industry of Fayette 
County may reach in annual product value — the hundred-million-dollar 
mark. Vcechsaid; " Coal, if not king, is becoming one of the princes of the 
land, and its seat of empire was the Monongahela Valley. ' ' Ellis added : " Btit 
if coal is mighty like Philip of Macedon,its offspring, coke, is like the mightier 
Alexander, and the seat of its empire is the Connellsville coal basin;" while 
now comes gas, the gi^eatest oft'spring of coal, like the mightier Csesar, who 
rtilcd alike Philip of Macedon's home kingdom and Alexander's foreign realms, 
and the seat of its empire bids fair to be Southwestern Pennsylvania and 
West Virginia. 

T A B U L AT E D STAT I STI CS . 

The following tabulated statement shows the total number of o\-ens in the 
Connellsville region at the close of each year, the annual output, average 
price and gross revenue of the district from 1880 up to and inclttding 1899: 

Total Tons Av. Gross 

Year. Ovens. Shipped. , Price. Revenue. 

1880 7,21 1 2,205,946 «1.70 $3,948,643 

1881 8,208 2,639,002 1.63 4,301,573 

1882 9,283 3,043,394 1 .47 4,473,889 

1883 10,176 3,552,402 1 . 14 4,049,738 

1884 10,543 3,192,105 1 . 13 3,607,078 

1885 10,471 3,096,012 1.22 3,777,134 

1886 10,952 4,180,521 1.36 5,701,086 

1887 11,923 4,146,989 1.79 7,437,663 

1888 13,975 4,955,553 1 . 19 5,884,081 

1889 14,458 5,930,428 1.34 7,974,663 

1890 16,020 6,464.156 1.94 12,537,370 

1891 17,204 4,760,665 1.87 8,903,454 

1892 17,256 6,329,452 1 .83 11,598,407 

1893 17,513 4,805,623 1.49 7,141,031 

1894 17,834 5,454,451 1.00 5,454,451 

1895 17,947 8,244,438 1.23 10,140,658, 

1896 18,351 5,411,602 1.90 10,282,043 

1897 18,628 6,915,052 1 .65 11,409,835 

1898 18,643 8,460,112 1.55 13,113,179 . 

1899 19.689 10.129,764 2.00 20,259,528 



48 Coal One of the Great I'orces of the Future 

MAW t'OKI-: OVENS BUILT SINCE 1S99. 

But, it should be remembered that vast areas of coal have been opened np 
since 1899, jiarticularly along the Monongahcla river above Brownsville, and 
that thousands of coke ovens have been built since then and are now in full 
operation, and the number is being atigmented almost every day. Some idea 
of this, new development can be had by a trip over the Monongahcla Railroad, 
while the Connellsville central railroad now building from Brownsville to 
Connellsville, promises to add many more mines and doubtless many more 
coke ovens. 

COAL ONE OF THE GREA'l" I'ORCES OF Till': I-CTCRE. 

Coal has passed into the twentieth century with electricity and natural gas 
as one of the great forces of the future. Divested in oven or retort of its ashes, 
smoke, soot and dust, and with its noxious gases scrubbed and ptirificd, it 
has become a fuel gas of high grade to be delivered from central plants to 
home and shop and mill and factory for every pvu^pose of heat and power. 

COKE AND IRON INDUSTRIES CLOSELY ALLIED 

It is interesting to note how clcjsely the coke industry follows the iron 
markets. Contracts for coke are not made for long periods, and a sudden 
rush in the pig iron market always has its immediate effect upon the Con- 
nellsville coke region. In fact, sometimes the orders sent out to the different 
plants for the week have to be changed or modified to meet hurried orders 
that come in from large fvumace districts. On this account shipments vary 
much from month to month, as will be noticed from the various table, show- 
ing the shipments in cars by months during 1899 and the average number 
of cars shipped each working day in the month. 

LOCATION AND EXTENT OF THE CONNELLSVILLIi COKE 

REGION. 

The Connellsville coke region is contained within a long narrow strij) of 
the best farming lands in Fayette and Westmoreland Covmties, stretching 
from Connellsville, which is in the center of the basin, a distance of twenty-one 
miles in either direction, north and sotith. The northern boundary is at 
Latrobe, Westmoreland County, and the southern boundary is not so well 
defined, bvit is abotit ten miles south of Fairchance, although undeveloped 
to that southern limit. Beyond Latrobe, on the north, the coal becomes 
hard and the percentage of sulphur, which is an objectionable quality in coke, 
becomes too high. The district is about forty-three miles long and ranges 
from one to five miles in width. It contains a total area of 87,770 acres, 
about 27,000 acres of which have been mined and 683 acres reserved for 
buildings and other purposes, leaving a total area of 60,000 acres of solid coal 
yet to be mined. It is calculated that the region is being tmdermined at the 



Extent of Connellsville Region 49 

present time at the rate of 1,200 acres a year, so that provided the present 
rate were kept up continually, the life of the region might yet be placed at 
fifty years. In the region there are 95 plants, at which are located collectively 
20,992 coke ovens. These plants are usually large, but vary on the whole 
from 20 ovens at Home to 905 at Standard. There are now about 90 mines, 
soine of which ai"e slopes, some drifts and some shafts. The shafts indicate 
the depth to which the coal is covered in the region, and it is an interesting 
fact that while Adelaid and Leisenring No. 3 plant are within five miles of 
each other, both being in the heart of the basin near Connellsville, these two 
show the extreme depths of shafts in the region, Adelaid shaft being only 
81 feet deep, while Leisenring No. 3 shaft is 542 feet deep. 



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Fayette County's Part in Wars 

Dlnmoke's War With tiik Indians — The Revolutionary War — The 
Infamous Whisky Insurrection — The War of 1812-15 and the 
Mexican War — The War of the Rebellion — The Famous Ringgold 
Cavalry — Eighth Regiment "Memorial" — "Will Soon Answer 
'Taps' " — List of Deceased Soldiers — "Greater Love Hath No 
^L\^■ " — Spanish and Filipino Wars. 

In the Indian hostilities of 1774, known as " Dimmore's War, " thr territory 
now Fayette County saw little, if anything, of actual fighting and bloodshed; 
yet, in the universal terror and consternation caused by the Indian inroads 
and butcheries along the Monongahela, it came near l)eing as completeh' 
depopulated as it had been twenty years before by the panic which succeeded 
the French victory over Washington. 

The Dunniore War was the result of several collisions which took place 
in the spring of 1 774, on the Ohio river above the mouth of the Little Kanawha, 
between Indians and parties of white men, inost of whoin were adventurers, 
who had rendezvoused there preparatory to passing down the river for the 
purpose of making settlements in the then new country of Kentucky. 

Immediately afterwards occttrred the murder of Logan's people at Baker's 
Bottom and the killing of the Indians at Capatina Creek. The so-called 
speech of Logan fastened the odium of killing his people in cold blood, on 
Cajjt. Michael Cresap, of Redstone Old Fort. That the charge w^as false 
and wholh' unjust is now known by all people well informed on the svibject. 
Cresap did, however, engage in the killing of other Indians, being no doubt 
incited thereto by the deceitful tenor of Dr. Connelly's letters, which Avere 
evidenth' w-ritten for the express purpose of inflaming the minds of the 
frontiersmen by false information, and so bringing about a general Indian 
war. 

The settlers along the frontier, well knowing that the Indians would 
surely make war, in revenge for the killing of their people at Capatina and 
Yellow^ Creek, immediately sought safety, either in the shelter of the "settlers' 
forts," or by abandoning their settlements and flying eastward across the 
mountains. In the meantime (upon the retirement of George Rogers Clarke 
from W^heeling to Redstone) an express was sent to W^illiamsburg, Va., to 
inform the governor of the events which had occurred upon the frontier, and 
the necessity of immediate preparation for an Indian war. Upon this. Lord 
Dunmore sent messengers to the settlers who had already gone forward to 
Kentucky to return at once for their safety, and he then without delay 
took measures to carry the war into the Indian country. One force was 
gathered at Wheeling and marched to the Muskingum country, where the 
commander. Col. McDonald, surprised the Indians and punished them suffi- 
ciently to induce them to sue for jieace, though it was believed that their 



Dunmore's War With the Indians 51 

reqtiest was but a treacherous one, designed only to gain time for the collection 
of a large body of warriors to renew the hostilities. 

But the main forces mustered by Dunmore for the invasion of the Indian 
country were a detachment to move down the Ohio from Pittsbtirg, tinder 
the governor in person, and another body of troops under General Andrew 
Lewis, which was rendezvoused at Camp Union, now Lewisbtirg, Green- 
brier County, Va. These two columns were to meet for co-operation at the 
mouth of the Great Kanawha River. Under this general plan Governor 
Dunmore moved from Williamsburg to W^inchester and to Fort Cumberland, 
thence over the Braddock road to the Youghiogheny, and across the territory 
to the present county of Fayette on his way to Fort Pitt, which in the mean- 
time had been named by his partisans, in his honor. Fort Dunmore. From 
there he proceeded with his forces down the Ohio river, Maj. William 
Crawford of Stewart's Crossing of the Youghiogheny, being one of his principal 
officers. 

The force vmder General Andrew Lewis, ele\'cn himdred strong, proceeded 
from Camp Union to the head waters of the Kanawha, and thence down the 
valley of the river to the appointed rendezvous at its mouth, which was 
reached on the Gth of October, 1774. General Lewis, being disappointed in his 
expectations of finding Lord Dunmore already there, sent messengers up the 
Ohio to meet his Lordship and inform him of the arrival of the colttmn at the 
mouth of the Kanawha. On the 9th of October a dispatch was received 
from Dunmore saying that he (Dunmore) was at the mouth of the Hocking, 
and that he would proceed thence directly to the Shawanese towns on the 
Scioto, instead of coming down the Ohio and that he should march to meet 
him (Dunmore) before the Indians towns. 

But on the following day (October 10th), before General Lewis had com- 
menced his movement across the Ohio, he was attacked by a heavy body of 
Shawanese warriors under chief Cornstalk. The fight (known as the bat- 
tle of Point Pleasant) raged nearly all day, and resulted in the complete 
rout of the Indians, who sustained a very heavy (though not definitely 
ascertained) loss, and retreated in disorder across the Ohio. The loss of 
the Virginians under Lewis was seventy-five killed and one hundred and 
forty wotmded. Dunmore and Lewis advanced from their respective points 
into Ohio to "Camp Charlotte," on Sippo Creek. There they met Corn- 
stalk and the other Shawanese chiefs, with whom a treaty of peace was 
made; but as some of the Indians were defiant and disinclined for peace, Maj. 
William Crawford was sent against one of their villages, called Seekunk, or 
Salt Lick Town. His force consisted of two hundred and forty men, with 
which he destroyed the village, killed six Indians and took fourteen pris- 
oners. 

These operations and the stibmission of the Indians at Camp Charlotte, 
virtually closed the war. Governor Dunmore immediately set out on his return 
and proceeded by way of Redstone and the Great Crossing of the Yotighio- 
gheny to Fort Ctmiberland, and thence to the Virginian capital. Major 
Crawford also retvirned to his home in the present county of Fayette. 



52 The Revolutionary War 



The "settlers' forts" and blockhouses, which by afYording shelter ami 
protection to the inhabitants prevented an entire abandonment of this section 
of the country in Dunmore's War, were nearly all erected dviring the 
terror and panic of the spring and summer of the year 1774, though a few 
had been built previously. 



REVOLUTIONAK^■ WAR. 



Conspicuotxs as Fayette County has been in the history of Pennsyhania and 
in fact in the earlier periods of the nation, she stands out still more proudly 
when it comes to the defense of the nation against internal or external foes. 
When the news of the battle of Lexington, came across the Alleghenies, the 
hardy frontiersmen were not long in getting ready for action. Money was at 
once raised to equip troops and in an incredible short time. Capt. Michael 
Cresap of Redstone Old Fort, now Brownsville, had been commissioned to 
raise a companj' in Maryland, and about twenty young men from this section 
of the country marched across the mountains and joined his comjniny. The 
names of these young men cannot be ascertained now but they were from 
Fayette Cotmty. The next body of troops that joined the eastern forces 
from west of the mountains, was raised in the Monongahela country. It was 
a battalion that was afterwards known as the Seventh Virginia. It was 
chiefly raised through the efforts of W^illiam Crawford whose headcjuarters 
for recruiting was at his home at Stewart's Crossing, on the Youghiogheny 
in what is now Fayette County. He afterwards became Colonel. The 
"Wx'st Augusta Regiment" was afterwards raised in the same section by 
Colonel Crawford. This regiment in the service was known as the Thirteenth 
Virginia. The fact that by the simimer of 1777 two regiments had been 
raised and eqttipped, speaks well for the patriotism of this section of the 
country. 

The Eighth Pennsylvania was perhaps the most famous in the Revolution. 
It was organized under a resolution of Congress, dated July ].'>, 177(), and 
was made up principally from "Westmoreland County and largely from that 
part of W'cstmoreland that is now Fayette. It was under the command of 
Col. Aneas Mackey, sometimes called McCoy, and Lieut. Col. George 
Wilson of New Geneva, now in Fayette Cotmty. The conditions under which 
the regiment was organized was that they were to remain here in the west 
and defend this section of the country against the Indians, but, if it became 
necessary for them to go east and join Washington's forces, they were to do 
so. On the fourth day of November, the regiment was ordered to march 
with all possible dispatch to Amboy, New Jersey, or to join Washington 
wherever he might be when they reached that section of the country. The 
regiment set otit at once and many of them died during the winter from ex- 
posure, among them being both the Colonel and Lieutenant-Colonel. The 
roster of this and other regiments is found in Ellis' History of Fayette County, 
issued 1>S82. 



The W'hiskv Insurrection 53 



THE WHISKY INSURRECTION. 

All readers of history are familiar with the difficulties experienced by the 
government in its early efforts to collect a revenue on whisky and other 
spirits which finally culminated in what is known as the Whisky Insurrection. 
While all the territory west of the mountains was \-irtually in open rebellion 
against the collection of this tax, the chief depredations were committed in 
Washington County, where the rc\-enue officers were held U]i, stripped, tarred 
and feathered and sul:)mitted to all kinds of indignities, t > [ ^ tS^ ^2 Ij L-J 

As many years have passed since the people of this section of the State so 
strenuously opposed the government in this revenue measure, it may not be 
out of order to state brieily here the grounds on which this resistance was 
leased. It was argued that this law bore more hea\'ily on the people west of 
the mountains than on any other section of the State or of the Union. Here 
at that time a principal part of the product of the farmers, was rye. For this 
there was little home demand, and it could not be transported across the 
mountains at a profit except in the form of whisky. A horse could carry 
but four bushels, but he could carry the product of twenty-four bushels in the 
shape of alcohol. Whisky therefore was the most important item of re- 
mittance to pa}^ for their salt, stigar and iron. As a result of these peculiar 
circumstances, there was in this section of the State a greater number of stills 
and a larger amount of whisky made than in any other region of the same 
population in the whole country. A large per cent, of the population of this 
section of the country was Scotch or Scotch-Irish or of that descent, whose 
earlier homes or the homes of their ancestors had been in a land where whisky 
was the national beverage and where excise laws and excise officers were con- 
sidered the most odious of laws or of officers, and the very embodiment of 
tyranny. These and various other causes to mention all of which we ha\'e 
not room, account for the bitter opposition to the collection of taxes on 
\\hisky. The reventie laws were enacted and repealed tiine after time but 
the continued efforts to collect these taxes finally resulted in open revolt. 
The first step toward this open revolt was a meeting held at Redstone Old 
Fort near Brownsville, July 27, 1791. At this meeting it was resolved that 
county committees should be formed in each of the four comities, Fayette, 
Westmoreland, Washington and Allegheny, to meet at the cotmty scats of 
each county to take steps to the end of successfully resisting the law. These 
steps were carried out and everybody who accepted a position under the 
government to collect these taxes or had anything to do with their collection 
in any way, was placed under a ban. Each of the four counties appointed 
three members of the committee to meet with others at Pittsburg in the 
following September for the purpose of expressing the sense of the people 
of the four counties in an address to Congress on the subject of ihe excise 
law and other grievances. The meeting was held at Pittsbm-g on the 7th 
day of September, 1791, and Fayette County was represented by Edward 
Cook, Nathaniel Breading, and John Oliphant. A series of resolutions were 
passed at this meeting, censuring Congress for passing the law. The result 
was that the law was modified shortlv afterward Ijut it was still far from 



54 The War of i<Si2-i5 



satisfactory to the people, the revenue officers were still siibjected to all kinds 
of indignities, and on the 21st and 22d days of Atigust, 1794, following the 
passage of the new and modified law, there was another meeting held in 
Pittsburg to fvirther remonstrate against this, to the people, obnoxiotis law. 
Fayette County was represented at this meeting by Edward Cook, Albert 
Gallatin, John Smilie, Bazil Bowel, Thomas Gaddis, and John McClellan. 
All this finally led to armed rebellion against the government, the robbing 
of the mail and dcstrtiction of property, notably that of General Neville's and 
Major Kirkpatrick's at Pittsbvirg. The leaders of the opposition to the 
excise laws, called a meeting at Braddock's Field of the militia officers and 
their men on the first day of August, 1794. They were instructed to come 
with their arms and accoutermcnts, with ammunition and provisions, which 
though the order came from no recognized authority, they did. And while 
Fayette County was represented at Braddock's Field, it is to her everlasting 
credit to say that her representation was small. Pittsburg was also repre- 
sented at Braddock's Field more, it is thought, to conciliate the insurrection- 
ists than anvthing else, as it was feared the mob. for it was little less, would 
march to that city and burn it because General Ne\-illc li\-ed there. It 
afterwards transpired that their fears were well founded, for after various 
harangues bj' the leaders the force was organized after a manner, David 
Bradford and Edward Cook were chosen generals, other officers were a])- 
pointed and the next day the troops, if that name may be applied to the 
assembly, marched to Pittsburg. There the}' were filled up with whisky 
to conciliate them and some of the leaders who it seems joined them more to 
get control of them and if possible prevent them from doing devilment, than 
from any sympathy they had Avith the movement, succeeded in getting them 
over onto the South Side where after all they succeeded in burning a barn 
belonging to Major Kirkpatrick. Other depredations were committed in 
Pittsburg, but through the efforts of Col. Edward Cook, they were pre- 
vented from burning Kirkpatrick's and Gibson's residences in Pittsburg. 
The result of all this was that the government sent troops into this section 
to <|uell the insurrection, though the frenzy seems to have died out before 
the troops got here. General Lee, the Governor of Virginia had charge of 
the troops and with his di\-ision camped for a time at Uniontown. In the 
end a general pardon was issued for all offenders except a few of the ring- 
leaders and in fact none were severely punished for the part they took in the 
whisky insurrection. Various committees met at Brownsville during the 
negotiations between the representatives of the government and the insur- 
rectionists, and it was here that the first and last meeting of the leaders 
of the insurrection were held. The result of course was that the people at 
last submitted to the collection of the whisky tax. 



THE WAR OF 1812-15. 

Again when the war of 1812 broke out, Fayette County responded promptly 
and nobly. Twelve companies were raised and at once hustled to the front. 
They were commanded by Cajotains Thos. Collins, John Philli])s, James 



War of the Rebellion 55 



Whaley, Andrew Moore, Joseph Wadsworth, Peter Hertzog, James Mc- 
Clelland, John McClean, William Craig, Isaac Linn, James Piper and Valentine 
GieseJ^ Captain Giesey and most of his men were from Brownsville and the 
immediate vicinity and just before they went to the front, Rev. "W^illiam 
Johnson, pastor of the Presbyterian church preached a patriotic sermon from 
the text: "Cursed be he that doeth the work of the Lord deceitfully; and 
cursed be he that keepeth liack his sword from blood.' ' 

THE WAR WITH :\IEXICO. 

When war was declared with Mexico the response was just as prompt 
but not so many men were needed. Capt. William B. Roberts who 
afterwards became Colonel of Co. H 2d Regiment and Lieut. William 
Quail who was promoted to Captain of Co. H, went to the front in the Mexican 
War, with a companj'- of Fayette County boys, and a pai^t of Capt. P. N. 
Guthrie's company was made up of Fayette County boys. 

WAR OF THE REBELLION. 

If prompt response to the call for troops mai^ked the course of Fayette 
County in previous wars, Lincoln's call for troops in the spring of ISGl, was 
met still more promptly. Within six days after the call for 75,009 men, the 
" Fayette Guards," the first company organized in the county, was made up 
and on its way to Pittsburg. 

The commissioned and non-commissioned officers of the "Fayette 
Guards" were Capt., S. Duncan Oliphant; Fii"st Lieut., Jesse B. Gardner; 
Second Lieut., J. B. Ramsey; Third Lieut., Henry W. Patterson; 
Sergeants: First, John Bierer; Second, Henry C. Dawson; Third, James H. 
Springer; Fourth. Peter Heck; Corporals: First, B. L. Hunt; Second, O. P. 
Wells; Third, J. O. Stewart; Fourth, Joseph White. The company was 
afterwards reorganized and mustered in for three years as "G" Company of 
the Eighth Reserve Regiment. 

When the President's call was made there were in existence in Fayette 
County several militia organizations, armed and equipped, viz: The Union 
Volunteers, Dunlap's Creek Cavalry, Georges Creek Cavah-y, Springfield 
Blues, Youghiogheny Blues, and Falls City Guai'ds. A meeting of the officers 
of these companies was held at the cotirthouse in Uniontown, where it was 
voted unanimously to tender their services to the Governor. This was done, 
but the offer was declined, for the reason that the cjuota of the State had 
already been filled. 

During the six or seven weeks next following the President's call a company 
of cavalry was raised by Capt. William A. West, of this county, a veteran 
of the Mexican war. Of this companj^ sixty-seven were Fayette County men, 
and the remainder were raised principally in Morgantown and Clarksburg, 
W. Va. As the Pennsylvania fjuota was filled, the company could not 
secure acceptance in this State, and was therefore joined to the First Cavalrv 
Regiment of West Virginia, Colonel Sansel, afterwards commanded bj- 
Colonel Richmond. The officers of this comjiany were Captain West: First 



ii() War of the Rel)fllit)ii 



Licait.. H. N. Mackcy; Second Lietit., Isaac Brownficld : Ord. Scrgt., Dennis 
Delaney. 

In May and Jime a company of infantry was recruited in Fayette County, 
principally in Wharton, Henry Clay, and Stewart Townships, and was for 
the same reason as mentioned above, incorporated with the Third Regiment of 
West Virginia. The officers of this company were Capt., C. E. Swearingen; 
First Lieut., H. C. Ilagan; Second Lieut., C. B. Hadden. On the organi- 
zation of the regiment at Clarksbvirg, W. Va., July the 4th, 18G1, Captain 
Swearingen was elected Major and Lieiitenant Hagan promoted to the 
captaincy. 

Fayette (\iunty furnished during the war large nvunVxTs of troops for the 
armies of the Ignited States. They served in various commands, but were 
most numerotis in the Eighth and Eleventh Reserves, the Eighty-lifth, One 
Httndred and Sixteenth, and One Hundred and Forty-second Infantry 
Regiments, the Fourteenth and Sixteenth Cavalry, and the Second Heavy 
Artillery of Pennsylvania. 

Besides the soldiers serving in the organizations above mentioned, there 
was also raised principally in Fayette Cottnty a company of men who joined 
the Sixth Artillery (Two Htmdred and Twelfth Pennsylvania Regiment). 
Of this company the captain was Jose])h Keeper and the First Lieut. 
Thomas M. Fee, of Connellsxille, at which jilace thirty-fotu" men of the 
company were enlisted. 

The Eighth Reserve, or Thirty-seventh Regiment of Pennsylvania was 
raised in the counties of Fayette, Washington, Allegheny, Greene, Armstrong, 
Btitler and Clarion. Two of its companies were enlisted from Fayette County 
These were Companii's D and G, the former under ("apt. C. L. Conner of 
Brownsville and the latter under Capt. S. D. Oliphant of L'niontown, who 
later became a brigadier-general. This famous regiment did valiant science 
all through the war taking part in many of the most terrible battles, among 
them being Mechaniesville, Gaines' Mill. Charles City Cross Roads, Malvern 
Hill, South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Spottsylvania, and others 
equalh^ as bloody. 

The Eleventh Reserve or Fortieth Pennsylvania was also partly made up 
of Fayette County men and was in the heat of the fraj^ from the beginning 
of the w^ar to its close. This regiment was captured at Gaines' Mill w-hile 
fighting away unconscious of the fact that the right and left wings of the army 
had retreated (jr fallen back. It was thus surroimded and amid the smoke of 
battle did not know it till a galling fire commenced to pour into it from the 
left and right. Major Johns who supposed that the fire came from some of 
the L'nion troops Avho in the smoke of battle had mistaken them for the 
enemy, rode quickly to the left to stop the fire when he found that he was 
surrounded and there was nothing to do but surrender. They were after- 
wards exchanged and returned to the ranks. 

The Eighty-fifth Regiment of Infantiw was raised by Joshua B. Flowell 
of Uniontown. The Regiment rendezvoused at Camp LaFayette near 
Uniontown. Of this Rtgiment, three companies, C, I and K were Fayette 
County men. Part of C(;m|)anies E and G were also Fayette County men. 



The Ringgold Cavalry 



57 



Joshua B. Howell was made Colonel; Norman Giffin, Lieutenant-Colonel; 
Absalom Guiler, Major, and Andrew Stewart, Adjutant. Adjutant Stewart 
was a son of "Tariff" Andy Stewart who served in Congress from this district 
for inany years. 

Batterj^ K of the Second Artillery, 112th Regiment enlisted from Fayette 
County, as did also Co. K 116th Regiment of Infantry. One Comyjany of 
the 142d Regiinent likewise enlisted from Fayette County. 

The Fourteenth Cavalry or the 159th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Line 
imder Col. James Schoonmaker was largely from Fayette, three companies 
being wholly made up from this county. They were Co. B, Capt. Zadock 
Walker; E, Capt. Ashbel F. Duncan; F, Capt. Calvin Springer. 

Cos. B and G of the Sixteenth Cavalry or 161st Regiment, Pennsylvania 
Line, Capts. John F. Hurst and John K. Fisher, were also Fayette County men. 




Col. A. J. Greenfield 



THE RIXGGOLD CAVALRY 



Xo history, sketch or synopsis of the Rebellion would be complete without 
reference to the famous Ringgold Cavalry many of the members of which 
were Fayette County boys and a few of whom still live to tell of the terrible 
conflicts throtigh which they passed. 



58 Dies Rescuing a Comrade 

For several years before the outbreak of hostilities between the North and 
South there had been a cavalry company composed of young men from 
Fayette and Washington Counties, under the command of Capt. John Keys. 
As this company usually assembled for drill at Beallsville, it was commonly 
known as the "Beallsville Company." Captain Keys was a fully competent 
leader and under his direction the company soon acquired a high degree of 
efficiency in tactics, and became the pride of this entire section. The mem- 
bers were mostly young men from the farm — the material from which good 
soldiers are made. They fttrnished their own horses, and entered into the 
spirit of the exercise with a vim and enthusiasm which always assures suc- 
cess. While the quarrel between the two sections was becoming more bitter, 
and while each side was struggling in Congress to secure an advantage over 
the other Captain Keys' Company was quietly training, little dreaming then 
that the time was close at hand wlien they would be called upon to test their 
military accomplishments on the battlefield, in defense of coimtry and 
flag. 

The news of the bombardment of Fort Sumter thrilled the North like an 
electric shock; party lines vanished and Democrats and Republicans alike 
rallied to the defense of the flag. Next day Lincoln called for 7.5, (){)() volun- 
teers. This call was responded to by 300,000 men. 

Captain Keys at once tendered his company to the United States Govern- 
ment. The offer was promptly accepted and Co. A was mttstcred into service 
as an independent company, being one of the very first cavalry companies to 
enter service in defense of the flag. Shortly after this Lieutenant-Colonel 
Greenfield received permission to organize another company in the vicinity 
of Beallsville, and Company B also entered the Army of the United Slates as 
an independent company. 

In June, lS(i2, Captain Keys was directed by Secretary of War Stanton to 
come home and raise a battalion, according to instructions he raised five other 
companies which after enlistment were assembled on the Island of Wheeling 
as a camp of rendezvous, and on the 13th of September, 1862, were mustered 
into service as the Ringgold Battalion, U. S. Vol. Cavalry. This battalion 
became part of the Army of W^est Virginia and at once did valiant service 
in pi-eserving that section of the Union. In April 1863 the Ringgold Bat- 
talion was consolidated with another battalion, raised in the eastern part of 
Pennsylvania by Col. Jacob Higgins. This tmion of the two battalions 
formed a regiment known as the 22d Reg. Pa. Vol. Cavalry, and occurred on 
Cemeterj- Hill near Cumberland, Md. 

When we state that the Ringgold boys took ])arl in 17 battles and heavy 
skirmishes it is scarcely worth while commenting on the service they did for 
the country. 

DIES RESCUING A COMRADE. 

The first soldiers from this section to lay down their lives ujxm the altar 
of their country were Samuel Drum and William Hartranft. Yoimg 



Greater Love Hath No Man 



''GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN/' 



Bv \V. H. Bricht. 




Two soldiers sleeping side by side, onr country's pride were tliey, 

Who bravely fought and early fell atnidst the bloody fray. 

Some forty vears or more ago, near Romney both were slain 

And by their comrades carried from the sodden battle plain. 

Brave Samuel Drumm was first to die, pierced by a Minie ball 

Then William Hartranft gave his life in answer to the call ; 

For when Drunnn fell, Hartranft returned his fallen friend to shield 

And with the brother of that friend, to bear him from the field. 

Tenderh' upon the brother's .steed, they placed the fallen brave 

And sought to bear him from the fray, perchance his life to save ; 

But ere the task was half complete, Hartranft was shot and fell 

To die with him he sought to save and whom he loved so well. 

Comrades returned and bore them thence and sent them home to rest. 

And side by side they slumber now, by all their country ble.ssed ; 

Year after year as time rolls on, each Thirtieth day of May, 

Old comrades strew with flowers, the graves of those who fell that <lav, 



60 Fayette County Veterans' Association 



Drum was a member of the Washington Cavah-y and Hartranft Ix'longed 
to a Ringgold Company. On November 13, 18G1, there was severe fighting 
near Romney and the boys in blue were compelled to retreat before the fierce 
and fatal iire of the enemy. Just as the Union forces began to withdraw, 
Samuel Drum was struck by a musket ball and fell from his horse; his 
brother saw him fall and at once wheeled his horse and rode back to carry him 
from the field. William Hartranft had also seen his friend fall from his 
saddle and at once rode back in the face of the enemy's fire. The brother 
and the friend reached the fallen trooper at about the same time. Hartranft 
dismounting, picked up the body and attempted to place it on the horse in 
front of the brother, while in the act he was struck by a bvillet and fell dead. 
The bodies were brought to Brownsville. They were the first soldiers brought 
back from the field and the whole community turned out to ])ay the last 
token of respect to the young soldiers. 

Hundreds were present, representing this entire community. After im- 
pressive services the bodies were laid side by side in Bridgeport Cemetery, 
their resting place being marked by the stone shown in otir cut. On each 
30th of May, the G. A. R. and patriotic people generally assemble about the 
graves of these young martyrs for the principal Memorial of the day. 



fayettp: county veterans' association. 

This Association was organized on Thursday, October 17, 1901, at a 
meeting held at the courthouse at Uniontown. Judge E. H. Repjiert and 
Burgess Frank Rutter delivered addresses of welcome, and Col. C. S. Reed 
of Vanderbilt made the response. 

Short improinptu talks were made by Judge Edward Cam])bell of Union- 
town, Cajit. T. M. Fee of Connellsville, Samuel G. Brown of Lock No. 8, 
j. A. Rankin of Smithfield, J. J. Barnhart of Dunbar, and others. 

A Coinmittee on Resolutions was appointed consisting of Col. Edward 
Campbell, J. B. Wiggins and J.J. Barnhart. It was decided to hold the next 
meeting of the organization in Uniontown, October IG, 1902. 

A permanent organization was effected by the election of W. T. Kennedy 
of Uniontown as president; Lievit. Solomon G. Krepps, Sr., of Bridgeport 
and Capt. Ed. Dunn of Connellsville vice presidents: Joseph O. Miller 
secretary; A. I. Ellis of Uniontown, treasurer; Rev. T. M. Cunningham, 
chaplain. 

A long list of names were sent in by soldiers who were unable to attend 
rcciuesting that their names be placed on the roll, which was done. 




Will Soon Answer Taps 



61 



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WILL SOON ANSWER ''TAPS/' 



>Y W. H. Bright. 



"After the din of the battle's roar, " 
The valiant soldiers meet once more : 
But many a time the sear leaves fell 
Since they faced the hissing shot and shell. 

Their ranks are thinned and other men 
Are tilling the places they filled then, 
While those who still survive today. 
Rehearse with comrades, the bloody fray. 

They tell of deeds of valor done, 

Of marches made and battles won, 

'Till they seem to be in the ranks once more, 

As in the turbulent days of yore. 



They neither remember scars nor years. 
Decrepit age with its train of fears, 
Nor one of the ills they have to bear, 
But step with the old-time martial air. 

But, alas! their thinning locks of gray. 
Tell of the years that have passed away. 
And soon, as the young men fill the gaps, 
The last old soldier will answer "Taps. " 



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62 Roster Company 1), l^iglith Pennsylvania Reserve Corps 

i:iC.lirH REG. CO. D PENNSYLV.WIA RKSERVI': VOL CORPS. 
(From " The Soldiers' Memorial" through courtesy of S. G. Krepps.) 

C. L. Connor, Capt., resigned Dec. 25, 1802. 

Adam Jacobs, Jr., 1st Lieut., resigned Jan. 22, 1S()2. 

RoV)ert Clark, 2d Lieut., commissioned in U. S. A. Sei)t. 28., 18(11. 
Non-Commission Eu Officers. 
Sergeants. 

1 — Solomon G. Krepps, promoted to 2d Lieut. Oct. 1, ISiil ; transferred to 
4th U. S. Infantry, Feb. 14, 1862. 

2 — George W. Miller, promoted to Orderly Sergt. Oct. LSCil; ])romotcd 1st 
Lieut. Feb. 1, '62; killed Dec. 13, '62. in battle. 

3 — Jos. J. Bail, promoted 2d Lieut. May 1, '62; resigned July 13, '62, dis- 
ability. 

4 — Samuel B. Bennington, promoted 1st Sergeant May 1, 1862; 2d Lieut. 
July 13, 1862; to Capt. Dec. 28, 1862. Wounded at Fredericksburg. 
Corporals. 

1 — William Wilkinson, promoted Sergeant, July 1, 1861. Killed at Charles 
City Cross Roads. 

2 — James Binch, promoted Sergeant Aug. 5, 1862. 

3 — Henry J. Gormley. 

4 — Thomas McGee, promoted to Sergeant, Oct. 1, 1861 ; (Quartermaster 
Sergeant, Nov. 1, 1861; 1st Lieut., Dec. 14, 1862. 

5 — W. F. Chess, detached on gunboat Feb. 1, 18t)2. 

6 — John H. Gue, wounded; honorable discharge Jan. 26), 1863. 

7 — J osiah M. Anawalt, promoted to Sergeant, May 1. 1862; Orderly, July 
13, 1862; 2d Lieut., Dec. 28, 1862. 

8 — William Fullcrton, promoted to Sergeant, April 1, 1863. 

Musicians. 

James S .Roher, Fifer. 

H. Clay Gapin, commissioned in U. S. A., June 20, 1861. 

William Lucas, Drummer. 
Regimental Field Officers. 

Colonel, George S. Hays, resigned, July 16, 1862. 

Colonel, S. M. Bailey, commissioned Se])t. 14, 1862. 

Lieutenant-Colonel, S. D. Oliphant, resigned, Dec. 29, 1862. 

Lieutenant-Colonel, William Lemon, commissioned, Dec. 29, 1862. 

Major, John W. Duncan, resigned, Nov. 21, 1861. 

Major, R. E. Jounston, commissioned Sept. 14, 1862. 

Adjutant, J. G. Swcaringen. 
Privates. 

Adams, David 

Archabald, Jacob, killed at Charles City Cross Roads. 

Booth, John, wounded in battle at Antietam. 

Hakcr. William N.. detached on Signal Service. 



Roster Company D, Eighth Pennsylvania Reserve Corps 63 

Bcckley, Eugene, discharged for wounds, Jan. 28, 1863. 

Burke, John 

Brawley, John D. 

Brawley, Charles E. 

Bane, William 

Barbour, James M., wounded at Fredericksburg. 

Craft, D. L., detached on Signal Service. 

Conley, Peter 

Calvert, Enoch 

Clark, Jacob 

Clark, William 

Campbell, Daniel 

Davibbert, Frederick 

Dean, William P., dichargcd for wounds in battle at Mechanicsville. 
Devlin, James, protnoted to Corporal, Oct. 1, 1801, dicharged, Aug. 1, 1862. 
Dawson, Elias H. 

Ebbert, JohnH. 
Evans, Fleming 
Evans, James, promoted to Corporal, May 1, 1S62; Sergeant, Nov. 1, 1862. 

Fcuster, Thomas 

Gaskill, James E. 
Gregg, William K. 

Hare, James, discharged, Oct. 31, for disability. 

Haddock, Abraham S., promoted to Corporal, Jan. 1, 1863. 

Haddock, Worcester, discharged Nov. 20, 1862, for wounds at Charles City 
Cross Roads. 

Hill, Ashbold F., promoted Corporal, Oct. 1861; Sergeant, May 1, 1862; 
wounded at Antietam. 

Hazcn, David, died of disease at Manassas, iVpr. 12, 1862. 

Haught, Robert, killed in battle at Fredericksburg. 

Hughes, David C, promoted to Corporal, Nov. 1, 1862. 

Hughes, John C. 

Hoffman, William H. 

Hoffman, Benjamin A., detached on gunboat Feb. 17, 1862. 

Hasson. James, wovmded at Fredericksbtirg. 

Jefferies, Hamon, promoted to Corporal, Jan. 1, 1863. 
Jacob, James, taken prisoner at Fredericksburg. 

Kisinger, John W.. discharged for disability, Oct. 7, 1861. 

Levitre, George W. 



Gl Roster Company D, Eighth I'Liiiisylvania Reserve Corps 

Lucas, James, discharged for disal)ilily, Jan. 1 1, ISCil. 

Malonc, David, killed at South Movmtain. 

Mitchell, William C, killed at Charles City Cross Roads. 

McWilliams, Dennis, transferred to 6th U. S. Cavalry. 

MeWilliams, Daniel, wounded at South Moiinlain. Dis. Nov. 30, 1862. 

McCourt, Robert, discharged. 

Mayhoi-n, Isaac, transferred to (Ith U. S. Cavalry. 

Montonia, William. 

McWilliams, William, killed at Charles City Cross Roads. 

Morgan, Edward, Jr., promoted to Cor])oral, Nov. 1, 1SG2. 

Ort, George. 

Page, G. W., killed at Antietam. 

Ritchey, William A., transferred to 1st Penna. Cavalry. 

Rliyn, Nicholas C, died of typhoid fever, Jan. 8, 1862. 

Rliyan, Jaines 

Raum, George, taken prisoner at Fredericksburg. 

Rhyn, Rudolph 

Rhyn, Henry, taken prisoner at Fredericksburg. 

Roland, James H. 

Stewart, William, wounded at Antietam. 

Simmons, John 

Seese, David, wounded at Antietam. 

Shaw, Issachar, promoted to Corporal, May 1, 1862; sergeant, July 1. 1862; 
1st Sergeant, Jan. 1, 1863. 

Simpson, Thomas, wounded at Fredericksburg. 

Smith, William 

Swearer, John, wounded at Antietam; honoral)ly discharged. 

Swearingen, John G., promoted sergeant, Feb. 1S()2; Adjutant, Dec. 14, 
1862. 

Sprowls, William 

Swearer, Nicholas C, wounded at Gaines' Mill; honorably discharged. 

Scott, George W. 

Smith, James, taken prisor at Fredericksburg. 

Strawn, Enos K., discharged on account of disability. 

Taylor, John L., discharged on account of disability. 
Trump, Philip W., wounded at Frederick.sburg. 
Troth, James, hon. discharged. 

Underwood, William H., deserted. 
Waggoner, George 



List of Deceased Soldiers — Brownsville, Penn'a 65 



Waggoner, O. A. 

Watkins, John W. 

Wiggle, Simeon B., detached on gunboat, Fv\). 17, 18()2. 

Whitraer, Elhot F. 

Woodward, John, killed at Antietam. 

Winder, David C, deserted. 

Williams, Estess. 

Yomig, John 

Young, Robert., transferred to Gth U. S. Cavalry. 

Engagements. 

Mechanicsville, June 26, 1862. 

Gaines' Mill, June 27, 1862. 

Charles City Cross Roads, June 30, 1862. 

Malvern Hill, July 1, 1862. 

Bull Run, 2d, Aug. 28, 29, 30, 1862. 

South Mountain, Sept. 14, 1862. 

Antietam, September 16 and 17, 1862. 

Fredericksburg, Dec. 13, 1862. 

Organized at Brownsville, Pa., May 1, 1861. 

Mustered into United States service July 29, 1861, at Meridian Hill, D. C 



LIST OF DECEASED SOLDIERS— BROWNSVILLE, PA. 
(By T. a. Jkffriks .\ni) J. I). ,S. Pkin(;i.i:) 

William R. Sweitzer. 

Thomas Fewster, Co. D, 8th Pa. Reserves. 
James S. Bineh, Co. D, 8th Pa. Reserves. 
E. G. Beckley, Co. D, 8th Pennsylvania. 
James Johnson, Co. D, 5th Reg. Pa. Heavy Artillery. 
Flecher F. Chalfant, 2d Lieutenant, Co. B, 168 Pa. Vol. 
W. P. Brickcr, Co. E, 168 Pa. Infantry. 
Cephas Taylor, Sergeant Co. B, 168 Pa. 
B. F. Marshall, Co. I, First Va. Cavalry. 
James H, Low, Co. G, 110 Pa. Volunteers. 
William McCoy, Co. I, 5th Reg. W. Va. Cavalry. 
Alford M. Patterson, Co. B, 16th Pa. Cavalry. 
Eli M. Lilley, Co. G, 1st Pa. 6 mo's Cavalry. 
Capt. Isaac Lynn, Co. C, 88th. 
John C. Burd, 8th Res. 
Jas. Knight, 22d Pa. Cavalry, Co. 6. 
Jacob Ramage. 
lames H. Brown. 



66 I-ist of Deceased Soldiers — Hridj^e])ort, I'enn'a 

John Young, Co. D, Sth Pa. Res. 

James Beaty, 85th. 

Robert McCune. 

David Hager. 

Peter Row. 

Daniel Macoby, Sth Res. 

John G. Sedgwick, Soth. 

Jos. G. Thornton. 

James M. Johnson, Sth Res. 

U. L. Cleminer. 

J as. Lucas. 

Col. B. Brashear. 

Col. John B. Krcpps. 112 Pa. 

J as. Warnock, 112 Pa. 

William Hatford. 

Ashbel F. Gabler. 

Charles H. Sinclair. 

Col. John S. Krecxjs. 

John Johnson. 

John T. Mechem. 

George Waggoner, Soth. 

R. E. Gabler, Co. G, 85th Intanlry. 

Hugh McGinty, Co. G. Soth Pa. 

Capt. Thomas Shuman. 

John N. Jacobs. 

Thos. R. Marshall. 

Thomas Simpson, Co. D, Sth Pa. Reserves. 

James L. Brackenridge. 

Eli S. Forsythe. 

Paul Roach. 



LIST (JF DECEASED SOLDIERS—BRIDGEPORT, PA. 
(By T. a. Ji;i-i-kii;s .\.ni) J. I). .'-^. I'rixci.e) 

N. C. Ryan, Co. D, Sth Pa. Res. 

Geo. W. Scott, Co. D, Sth Pa. Res. 

William C. Mitchell, Co. D, Sth Pa. Res., in front of Richmond. 

W. F. Stewart, Co. D, Sth Pa. Res. 

Daniel Campbell, Co. D, Sth Pa. Res. 

William Lucas, Co. D, Sth Pa. Res. 

John Woodward, Sth Reserves. Killed at Antictam. 

Fleming Evans, Co. D, Sth Pa. Vol. 

Charles Page, Co. D, Sth Reg. Killed at Antictam. 

Ed. D. Clear, I, 85th, Sergeant. 

J. W. Crawford, Co. E, 85th Pa. Infantry. 

William Wamplcr, Co. E, S5th Pa. Infantry. 



List of Deceased Soldiers — Bridgeport, Penn'a 67 

John F. Booth, Co. D, 8th Pa. Reserves. 

Samuel Wood, Co. C, 85th Pa. 

James Day, Co. C, 85th Pa. 

John Brawley, Co. C, 85th Pa. Killed at Antietam. 

William Linn, Co. C, 85th Pa. 

Robert Lochkart, Co. C, 58th Pa. Infantry. 

John B. Faull, Co. H, 1st Pa Cav. 

Wilson Owens, Co. H, 1st Pa. Cav. 

Elmer Gregg, Co. H, 1st Pa. Cav. 

W. H. Michaels, Co. H, 1st Pa. Reserve Cavalry. 

Henry I. Tate, Co. H, 1st Pa. Reserve Cavalry. 

Issac Lynn. 

Z. H. Pringle, Co. I, 2d Mass. Cav. Died in Andersonville prison. 

Robert K Riley, Navy. 

William B. Richey, U. S. Navy, Assistant Engineer. 

G. W. Shallenberger, L". S. Navy, Assistant Engineer. 

William McWilliams, killed in front of Richmond, 

N. P. Hormell, 7th Pa. Cavalry. 

Christian Snyder, Ind. Ringgold Ca\alry. Killed near Hiittonsville, 
Va., August IStii, 1862. 

Samuel Drum, Ringgold Cavalry. 

William F. Hartranft, Ringgold Cavalry. 

Wm. N. Mitchell, Co. M, 3d Pa. Cav. 

John Halley. 

Townsand Ho])kins. Died on U. S. gunboat Choctaw, Jan. 15, ISGO, at 
movith of Red River. 

Martin Carter. 

Hugh Pastories, Co. D, 155 Reg. Pa. 

Joseph Scott. 

William Benton, Co. A, 4th W. Va. Inf. 

Harmon A. Shoemaker, Co. G, 54th Pa. Vol. 

John Reynolds, Co. G, 22d Pa. Cavalry. 

George Lopp, Co. B, 22d Pa. Cavalry. 

Sol Smith, Co. G, 22d Pa. Cavalry and S5th Pa. 

J. B. Grooms, Co. B, 22d Pa. Cavalry. 

William H. Shaffer, Co. B, Pa. Cavalry. 

James Fawcett, 22d Pa. Cavalry. 

Wood Hutehenson, Co. D, 22d Pa. Cavalry. 

Thomas Dickenson, Co. D. 22d Pa. Cavalry. 

Henry Minks, Co. G, 22d Pa. Cavalry. 

Jas. W. Hendrick, Co. B, 22d Pa. Cavalry. 

E. Moffitt, Co. B, 22d Pa. Cavalry. 

Jas. A. Guc, Pri. Co. E, Knapp's Ind. Bat., Pa. Vol. 

Thomas A. Johnson, killed at Gettysburg, July 3d, 1863. 

James T. Troth, Co. F, 2d Pa. Heavy Artillery. Fell at Gettysburg, June 
17, 1864. 



68 Died at Andersonville 



1)1 i:i) AT .\.\1)1-:rs()\\'illi-:. 

Joseph Bailes, Co. F, 2d Pro. 

George B. Biird, Co. F, 2d Pro. 

Geo. Claybaugh, Co. F, 2d Pro. 

Henry Patton, Co. F, 2d Pro. 

Robert Seaerease, Co. F, 2d Pro. 

Harmon C. M. Perrin, Co. V . ISili Pa. Ca\alry. Iniried at Alexandria, Va. 

John Chew, Co. F, ISth Pa. Cavalry. 

Ashbel F. Smith, Co. F, 1st Pa. Cavalry, Co. G, 1st Pa. L. Artillery. 

J. C. Pastoriotis, Co. F, 14th Pa. Cavalry. 

John Hoff, Assistant Steam Engineer, womided at Der. Creek, March 20, 
18(53, died at hospital boat, Red River, near Vicksburg, April 7th, 18613. 
vSamuel Dourin, Washington Cavalry. 



SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR AND FILIPINO INSURRECTION. 

None of the men enlisted from Fayette County were sent to the West 
Indies, and on the naval vessels were no Fayette County men of ^vh(lm 
we have been able to learn. 

Two companies C and D, of the 10th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, 
were raised respectively at Uniontown and Connellsville and sent to the 
Philij)pines, where they participated in the close of the Spanish-American 
war and the eommeneement of the Filipino insurrection. 

The loth Regiment was mustered into the United States service Avith 
Alexander L. Hiiwkins as colonel; James E. Barnett as lieutenant-colonel; 
Harry C. Cuthbertson and Eberhart Bierer as majors. George W. NefT, of 
Mason town, became major surgeon; Lewis P. McCormick, of Connells- 
ville, assistant surgeon; and Reno L. Moser, of Uniontown, chief musician. 
Two battalions of the 10th Regiment left Camp Hastings at Mt. Gretna, Pa., 
about the middle of May, 1898, passed through Pittsbvirg, May 19th, and 
arrived May 24, 1898, at San Francisco, California, where they went into 
camp at the Presidio, and lay until June 14th. On that day they went aboard 
the transport Zelandia, and on July 20th were diseinbarked at Manila, where 
they lay in the trenches until the night of July 31st, 1898, when they reptilsed 
an attack of 2,000 Spaniards. In this fight — the battle of Malate — Corp. 
Walter E. Brown, of Co. D, was killed . On August 12th the 10th was in the 
attack of Manila, and after the capture performed gtiard duty till the night 
of Feb. 5, 1899, when it went to the trenches and made a splendid charge on 
the Filipinos, in which Major Bierer, Privates A. B. Rockwell and Carl W . 
Debolt, of Co. C, and Lieut. A. J. Buttermore and Private E. C. Caldv.ell, of 
Co. D, were wounded. Eighteen days later the regiment heli)ed to save 
Manila from being burned l)y resident Filipinos, and on March 13, 1899, 



vSpanish-Anierican War and Filipino Insurrection 69 

the 10th took up the line of march for Malolos, during which it made its daring 
charge, capturing Loma church and cemetery and having only Lieut. John 
Thompson and Privates John McVey and Alex. McCause wotmded. The 
regiment after this took part in the battles of Bocave and Marilioa, and in 
the latter battle on March 29th. Corp. Thomas Critchfreld, and Privates 
Patrick Cummings, Ralph Downs, Alex. Voting, Arch. Powell and Alex. 
Coulter were wounded. Then followed the attack on Malolos, and the 10th 
lost in killed Privates E. D. W. Stevens, Fred. Jennewine and Bert Armburst, 
and in wounded Sergeants Agustus Remaine and Charles Ashcroft, and 
Privates W. D. Lewis, James Noverch, Richard Baer, G. A. Taylor, who 
died afterwards; Solomon Rush, R. J. D. Knox, and William M. Englehcart . 
Two w-eeks later the Tenth went into active service again under General 
Wheaton. They repulsed a force of insurgents the first day, and the next 
week took part in the campaign about Apalit and Calumpit. On April the 14th 
the 10th was ordered back to Cavite, and on Saturday, Jtine the 30th, sailed 
on board the transport Senator from Manila for San Francisco. When two 
days out from Yokohoma, on July ISth, they lost their gallant commander. 
Col. Alexander L. Hawkins, who died of cancer, but whose remains were 
brotight to Washington, Pa., and entombed there, September 1, 1899. The 
regiment arrived at San Francisco, July the 25th, was mustered out there 
August 22d, and started for home, being welcomed and cheered at every 
town and city along their two-thousand-mile railway journey. They received 
a magnificent reception at Pittsburg, on Monday, August 28th, and the 
reception of Companies C and D at Lhiiontown and Connellsville, their respect- 
ive homes, on Tuesdav, August 29th, 1899, were magnificent and elaborated. 




Early and Present Modes of Transportation 



History of the National Pike 



TiiK Artkkv i)V Commerce to Western Pennsylvania — Enormous Cost 
OF Transportation — The Old Nemacolin Trail — -The "Turkey 
Foot" Road — The Cumberland or National Pike — Narrow Escape 
OF Uniontown — Where and When Work on the Pike Was Com- 
menced — Cost of the National Pike — Effect of the Pike on West- 
ern Pennsylvania. 



FIRST WAGONLOAD OF GOODS THAT CROSSFD THE 
MOUNTAINS. 

With the ])r(.'scnt facihtics for transporting goods, it is hard for those not 
faniiUar with the difficulties of pioneer days, either by experience or by famil- 
iarity with the early history of the country, to coiTiprehend the difficulties 
encountered or the cause for the enornions cost of transportation. Prior 
to 17<S9 all the goods brought across the mountains was brought on i^aek 
horses, and the cost of transportation was $.3.00 ])er hmidred. A pack horse 
could carry from two to three hundred ]iounds and it took from ten days to 
two ^veeks to make the trip. 



E.\K:)RM0US COST OF TRANSPORTA'ilON. 

It is said that the first wagonload of goods that was ever brought across 
the niounlains was hauled by John Hayden for Jacob Bowman, in 17S9. 
Mr. Hayden had a four-horse team, hauled 2,000 ])ounds and charged #3.00 
per hundred for hauling. It took him one month to make the trip. 

In consequence of the enormous cost of transportation, everything that 
caine from the east of the mountains, was high, and all that had to be trans- 
ported over the mountains to the cast was accordingly cheap. Salt was $4.00 
and $5.00 jjcr bushel of 96 pounds. CoiTee ^\■as 33 cents per pound, sugar 
25 cents, Jamaica spirits $2.33 per gallon, and other things were in proportion. 
Iron castings were from $70 to $90 per ton. At the same time wheat was 
only 67c per bushel, corn 22c and rye 50c. Notwithstanding this low price 
of grain, Hour was $25 per barrel in Natchez, if you could get it there. These 



The Old Nemacolin Trail 71 



good prices down the river and the low prices of products here was largely 
the cause of the Hat and keel boat industry in the early days and the heavv 
stamboat lousiness that sprung vip here in later years. 



THE OLD NEMACOLIN TRAIL 



The early history of road building is a long one and while it wotdd no doubt 
prove interesting, must, for want of space, Ije omitted. The first atlemjit 
at road building west of the AUeghenies was made Ijy the Ohio Comiianv 
when it sent out Col. Thos. Creasap of Oldtown, Md., in 1750 with old chief 
Neinacolin as a guide. Col. Cresap did not build a road, however, or make 
any attempt to build one but simply "blazed" a way from Wills Creek 
(now Cumberland, Md.) to the mouth of Nemacolin Creek (now Dunlaps 
Creek) which line was afterwards closely folldwed by Washington and by 
Braddock in their disastrous campaigns against the French at Fort Duquesnc. 
In 1 75:1 the Ohio Coinpany sent out a company of pioneers who did some 
work on the road bitt at best it was made but little better than a bridle path 
for j)ack horses. Following this, C apt. Wm. Trent of whom mention has 
already been made, was sent over the road by the Ohio Company and further 
improved it. This was at tlie time when he built the old Hanguard at the 
motith of Redstone Creek in 1754. It was in this same year that Washington 
again passed over the road and made it passable for light wagons and artillery, 
(.^ver this he dragged the same artillery that he surrendered to the French 
at Fort Necessity on the fourth i>f July, 1754. 



THE "TURKEY FOOT ROAD." 

Another road of considerable importance in the early history of Fayette 
County and this section of the country was what was known as the "Turkey 
Foot Road" or Smith's road leading from Shippensburg to Uniontown. 
The east part of this road was in course of construction under the super- 
vision of Col. James Burd when Braddock made his march to the Mononga- 
hela river but when the wagoners who ran away at the battle of the Monon- 
gahcla, reached the top of the AUeghenies to which point the road had 
been finished, bearing the news of Braddock's defeat, those who were at 
^vork on the road, joined in the flight and that was the end of the work on 
the road for the time being. It was not until 17l)0 that the road was 
finished to Uniontown via Sugar Loaf mountain and Dunbar's Camp. After 
this many roads were opened up, notable among them being one from 
Redstone Old Fort to Beeson's Mill at what is now Uniontown. One reason 
given for the opening of this road was that some of the people at and near 
Redstone Old Fort were compelled to go twenty miles to the mill of Henry 
Beeson "and in all probability at some seasons of the year will ever have 
to do so." 



72 The Cuiiihcrlaiul Road or National Pike 



Till-: C"U.MlSi:Ri..\.\D ROAD oR XATK )X.\ 1. I'IKE. 

The most important, however, was the National or Cumberland road 
which was tirst advocated by Washington and which finally was completed 
in 1820 from Wills Creek (Ciimberland, Md.) to Wheeling. Virginia (now West 
Virginia). In 1784 Washington himself passed over the route exploring the 
territory and seeking to ascertain the best location for the ]iro]iosed road. 
It was on this trip that he met Albirl (tallalin, then a ynunsj; man, who while 
AVashington was studying maps and ])lans in a mountain cabin, suggested 
that a certain route which he pointed o\it would be the best. Washington 
regarded him with some surprise and not a little hauteur but said nothing till 
he had finished his examinations, when he discovered that the yovmg man 
was right. He then turned to hitn and told him that he was right. From 
this meeting a warm frieiulship sprung U]) between the Commander-in-Chief 
and .\lbert Gallatin that lasted as long as Washington lived. Gallatin, as 
will be remembered, afterwards became Secretary of the Treasury of the 
United States. 

A NARROW KSC.M'K FOR LXIONTOWN. 

The question of the National Road was kept ]irominent during the ad- 
ministration of Adams and also during the administration of Jefferson. It 
was during the administration of the latter that the first definite mf)\e was 
made to build the road. This v>-as an act of Congress passed during 1811 
appropriating $50,000 for building the road from Cumbeland to Brownsville, 
that part of the route already having been approved l)y President Jefferson. 
There was a protest against the location of a part of the road in Fayette 
County because it left Uniontown off the road and in an isolated spot. The 
protest against this part of the route was headed by Ephraim Douglas, 
mention of whom has already been made, and resitlted in President Jefferson 
changing the route to strike Uniontown. Had this not been done, there 
would probably never ha\-e been a Uniontown. 

WOKK 0.\ Till-: XATION.VL IM K Iv COMMENCED AT t UM HF.RLAND. 

Work was commenced on the road at Cuml)rrland in May, 1811 and tb.e 
first ten miles were finished in 1812. Twelve miles more of the road were 
completed by 1811. The next section was from Tomlinson to Smithfield, 
a distance of 18 miles. This was let in 1813 and finished in 1817. Thus 
section by section the road was built westward, imtil in August 1818 it seems 
to have been fini.shed to Uniontown, and according to the Genius of Liberty 
of the date of Aug. 8, 1818, stage coaches commenced running. The Genius 
of Liberty of that date says: "The stages have commenced running from 
Frederick Town, Maryland, to Wheeling, in Virginia, foUov.'ing the course 
of the National Road westward from Cumberland. This great road, truly 
an honor to the United States, will be linisVied from Cumberland io 
this place in a few months (some of the hea\ y u'asonry was not yet finished 



Cost of the National Pike 



southeast of Uniontown) and from Brownsville to Wheeling, it is expected, in 
the course of next summer, leaving only a distance of 12 miles from Union- 
town to Brownsville." 

For some unaccountable reason the work on the road from Uniontown to 
the west end of the east section, which is a point one niilc and ninety- six rods 
east from the Monongahela river at Browns\il]c, had not been contracted 
for, but v.-as in due time let and built, so that in 1820, we find the following in 
the Uniontown Genius of Liberty bearing date of December 19th: 

''The commissioner appointed by the government of the United States, 
Thomas McGiffin, Esq., has been engaged for a week or two past in examining 
the United States turnpike, made under contract with the government by 
James Kincaid & Co., between this place and Washington, who has approved 
of it, and ordered the same to be given up by the contractors for public use. 
The National Turnpike is now completed and in use of the public from 
Cuniberland in the state of Maryland, to Wheeling, in the state of Virginia a 
distance of about one hundred and thirtv miles. " 



COST OF THE NATIONAL PIKE. 

This road when completed cost the government about $1 ,700,000 and was 
one of the best roads ever built in the United States. The following from 
the plans and sv.)Ccifications to which contractors had to subscribe will give 
some idea of the manner in which the road was built: 

"The natural surface of the ground to be cli-ared of trees and other wooden 
growth, and also of logs and brush, the whole width of sixtj'-six feet, the bed of 
the road to be made even thirty-two feet in width, the trees and stumps to be 
grubbed ovit, the graduation not to exceed five degrees in elevation and de- 
pression, and to be straight from point to point, as laid off and directed bj^ 
the superintendent of the work. Twenty feet in width of the graduated part 
to be covered with stone, eighteen inches in depth at the center, tapering 
to twelve inches at the edges, which are to be supported by good and solid 
shoulders of earth or curbstone, the upper six inches of stone to be broken so 
as to pass through a ring of three inches in diameter, and the lower stratum 
of stone to be broken so as to pass through a seven-inch ring. The stone part 
to be well covered with gravel, and rolled with an iron-faced roller four 
feet in length and made to bear three tons weight. The acclivity and de- 
clivity of the banks at the side of the road not to exceed thirty degrees. " 



EFFECT OF THE PIKE ON THE COUNTRY— NO TOLL. 

The excellent condition of the road and being a direct route from the hitherto 
separated east and west, and being absolutely free of toll, much was expected 
of it in the way of increasing business and bringing new settlers west of the 
Allegheny mountains. But the reality so far exceeded the most sanguine 
expectations as to amaze the most optimistic. At any given point there 
passed every hour of the day and often every few minittes, stage coaches 



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loaded down with mail, passengers and baggage, farm wagons loaded with 
household goods, the families perched on top of the load, making their way 
to the great west where future fame and fortune awaited them, great Cones- 
toga wagons laden with merchandise, llour, whisky, bacon and other products 
on their eastward trip and iron, salt and other merchandise on their westward 
trip. And, as time passed by, thi' number of these increased instead of 
diminishing, imtil the great National Pike was almost one continuous stream of 
vehicles of every description. Added to this, were pedestrians and vast droves 
of hogs, sheep and cattle and horses ihat w-erc taken to the eastern market on 
foot. All this created a demand and a y)ressing demand at that, for taverns in 
the towns along the line and for others along the pike between the towns. 
In this emergency there was no lack of enterprising men to lake advantage of 
the oi)portunity to gather in the shekels and as a natural consequence, the 
long line of taverns for which the Nationall Pike was famous in the heyday 
of its glory, sprang up as if by magic, nor did their glory wane till the Penn- 
sylvania and the Baltimore and Ohio railroads penetrated this section, the 
I'eimsylvania lines to Pittsburi^di and tb.e Baltimore & Ohio to Wheeling, 
antl put an end to its glory ffjre\'er. 




slack -Water Navigation 



The Baltimore & Ohio. The Nation'al Pike and the Monongahei.a 
River, Three Links in Pioneer Commerce — Slack-Water Naviga- 
tion First Taken Up by Congress in 1782 — Again in 1S17 — Capital 
Stock ok First Company — The State Takes a Hand in 1882 — 
Second Monongahela Navigation Company — Commissioners Ap- 
pointed to Take Si'bscriptions — $258,000 Subscribed but Much 
Never Paid — The Company Comes to Grief — Capitalists buy up 
the Stock and Complete the Work — Cost of the Work and Cost 
OF Tolls — Plight Years of Great Prosperity. 



When the Baltimore and Ohio reached Cumberland in 1844 the traffic on 
the National Pike, owing to the facilities for eastern traffic reaching that 
point, S])rang to the zenith of its glory and it was then that the slack-water 
na\-igati()n of the Monongahela river was also at its zenith. Travelers and 
freight left the Baltimore & Ohio at Cumberland and were whirled over the 
seventy-five miles of smooth National Pike to Brownsville, where almost 
everything was transferred to the Monongahela river and taken by boat to 
Pittsburg and on down the river, into Ohio and Kentucky. It was this in 
part that gave rise to the boat-building industry at Brownsville of which 
more is said under the head of the Three Towns. 



SLACK-WATER NAVIGATION AGITATED IN 1782. 

Many years prior to this, h(jwever, the (]uestion of imjiroving the Monon- 
gahela river by building dams and locks, was taken u]) by Congress. By an 
act of assembly dated April 1 o, 1 782, both the Allegheny and the Youghiogheny 
rivers were made highways, and by another act of assembly passed and 
approved March 28, 1814 the Governor of Pennsylvania was einpowered and 
in manner instructed to appoint three competent and disinterested persons 
who were citizens of the Commonwealth and one of wdiom was to be a 
competent surveyor, to view and exainine the Monongahela river from the 
junction of said river \\-{\h the Allegheny river to the point where said 
river crosses the southern line of the state, taking notes of its various 
meanderings, the rijjples and dams, distance between each, the fall fri)m 
one to another, and the distance of each liend or turn in the ri\er and its 
direction, with a view to building a scries of dams and locks for the inu'jjose 
of improving navigation. They were also to furnish in their re])ort of this 
survey an estiinate of the cost of the work of erecting siich dams and locks 
as thev thought it nccessarv to build in order to insure continued na\igation 



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BV \V. II. BRIC.IIT, 



In the dim, receding ages, when the Indian's bark canoe 
Glided o'er Monongahela, while the twilight shed its dew, 
And the stars stole out ab()\e him, each a tiny sparkling sphere. 
He was lord of all creation, there was not a " Paleface" here. 




VM'^ri^ht 



On its banks he built his wigwam, in the forests killed his game, 
.'\nd he watched the days of Autumn as they set the hills aflame; 
Then he wooed the dusky maiden when the Indian Summer days 
Draped the river, hills and \alleys with a strange, seductive haze. 

.\nd his council fires he lighted, in the valleys, on the hills, 
While his children played in safety by old Fayette's many rills; 
But the restless " Paleface" wandered on toward the setting sun. 
And the days of Nemacolin and of Logan soon were done. 



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^A Rees Cadwallader is sleeping with the forest s dusky sons, 

^i Redstone Old Fort long is silent, long divested of its guns; 

i She h n he^^rowns are lying, not a stone to mark their graves, 

^^ Indian Peter, too, is sleeping with the other Indian braves. 

^^ And the Three Towns form a city on the land they once possessed, 

^^ Thihas-kenedintoactionafterhalfa 

& And has taken her position on Monongahela s banks 

I Wi?h the^proudest of her cities in the front commercial ranks. 

^l On Monongahela's waters stately steamers ply today, 

05 AnH the trail of Nemacolin, is a beaten, broad highway; 

h tmi th m n ion of the " Paleface" rears its walls upon he shore 

II And the children of the Red Man play upon its banks no more. 
^^ Indian war-whoops long are silenced but the locomotive's blast 

^l That ^hleSm th'e hillsides, tells that olden days are passed, 

1 And the rails of steel that glitter 'neath the torrid summer s sun, 

^i Tell the t'ale of generations and the work that they have done. 

% Other tribes with other customs are upon the scene todajs 

I Tnd the tomahawk and arrow both were long --^ kid aw y , 

^k But the river, still ma>stic, flows between its banks of green, 

ti And the moonlight falls upon it, as upon a silver sheen. 

ti But the fleets that now are bearing tons of wealth f-m Fayette's stores, 

?S T^fV^a h,Kv marts below us, that have risen on its shores, 

^i Whie the pioneer has followed in the wake of vanished braves 

I And our footsteps lead us onward in the path toward their graves. 

I Others soon will take our places, as we've tal-n ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 

% \nd the pride of our achievements will be sadl> laid aw a , 

^k For the world is rushing onward, as a corps to fife and drum, 

S Ind our \ onders will seem simple in the light of years to come. 

fe^ Rut the Old Monongahela still will keep her vigils here 

^ While the restless generations vanish from their chosen sphere; 

i And her gently floling waters, fe^ by many nppl.;?; ""«> 

S Will remain to note the ages, with the everlastmg hills. 

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78 Again Taken I'p in 1S17 — Name of the Coripany 



of the river the year round. Nothini,' was done under this act, however, 
and the next year it was revived and extinded for a ])eriod of three years. 
Under this second provision the survey was made but nothing more was 
done. 

AU.Al.V TAKl-X UI> IX 1X17— THK XAME Ol- Till' COMWWY. 

In 1S17 another act was passed and approved the 24th of March of that 
year, authorizing the incorporation of a company to make a lock navigation 
on the Monongahela ri\er. This com])any was to Ijcivr the name and style 
of "The Prc>sident, Managers, and Company of the Monongahela Navigation 
Comjmny. " The following gentlemen were appointed to serve on this 
committee: 

Andrew' Linn, Esq., and Hugh \'i<vd (A Frecport; James Tomlinson, Elisha 
Htmt, George Dawson, William Hogg, Jacob Bowman, Basil Brashear, Josc^ph 
Thornton, and Israel Miller of Brownsville; James W. Nichols, and Thomas 
Williams, Esq.. of New Geneva (all of the above from Fayette County); 
Charles Bollman, Joel Butler, and Jas. P. Stewart of Williamsport (now 
Monongahela City) ; Henry P. Pearson and Joseph Alexander of Frederick- 
town in the county of Washington, with seven others from Allegheny County 
and two from Greene. 

CAPITAL STOCK, $78,000. 

The capital stock of the company was to be seventy-eight thousand dollars, 
in two thousand six hundred shares of sixty dollars each. As soon as five 
htmdred shares should be subscribed the Governor was directed to issue the 
charter of the company, and it was enacted "that as soon as the company 
shall have been incorporated In' the Governor to make a lock navigation on 
the Monongahela river, he is hereby authorized and required to subscribe in 
Ijchalf of this Commonwealth for one thousand shares of the stock of said 
company at thirty dollars for each share, to be paid upon warrants drawn by 
the Governor of the State Treasurer in favor of the President and Managers 
of said company. 

By the terms of the act of incorporation, the company was required in 
making their improvements on the river, " to erect at Bogg's ripple a dam at 
the height of three feet six inches; at Braddock's lower ripple, a dam of the 
height of three feet six inches; at Braddock's up])er ri])])le. a dam of the height 
of three feet six inches; at Peter's Creek ripple, a dam at the height of four 
feet three inches; at Frye's ripple, a dam of the height of three feet ten inches 
at Forsyth's ripple, a dam of the height of three feet eight inches; at Browns- 
ville ripple, a dam of the height of four feet six inches; at Smith's ripple, a 
dam of the height of four feet eight and one-half inches; at Heaton's rijiplc, 
a dam of the height of four feet five inches ; at Mtiddy Creek ripple, a dam of the 
height of four feet five inches; at Gilmore's ripple, a dam of the height of 
three feet ten inches; at Little Whitley ripple, a dam of the height of four feet 
four inches; at Geneva rijjple, a dam of the height of three feet four inches; 



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at Dimkard ripple, a dam of the height of three feet six inches, and at Cheat 
river ripple, a dam of the height of three feet three inches, " with the privilege 
of raising any or all the dams not to exceed six inches above the specified 
height, if it shotxld be fotmd necessary to do so. The company were em- 
powered " to form, make, erect and set up any dams, locks or any other device 
whatsoever which they shall think most tit and convenient to make a com- 
plete slack-water navigation between the points aforesaid (Pittsburg and the 
State line) so as to admit the safe and easy passage for loaded barges, boats, 
and other crafts up, as well as down, said river," and to use the water power 
created by their dams for the propulsion of machiner}', or to sell or lease such 
water power, but not so as to injure, impede, or interrapt navigation on the 
river. It was provided by the act "that as soon as the eight first-named 
dams and locks shall be erected and completed," and the Governor shotdd have 
proper evidence that they had been so completed in a workmanlike manner, he 
should thereupon issue his license or permit to the company to collect tolls 
from boats passing that part of the river. Owners of dams which had been 
erected at certain points on the river for mill purposes prior to the passage of 
the act were required to raise such dams to the specified height (if they were 
not already up to it), and to keep them in repair; and for so doing they 
were empowered to collect tolls from boats and other crafts passing them. 

THE STATE TAKES UP THE WORK IN 1822. 

It appears, however that this company did not comply with the require- 
ments provided in the act except to open a set of books and secure stxfficient 
subscriptions to get the state appropriations. Accordingly we find that in 
the spring of 1822 a few days after the expiration of five j^ears from the pas- 
sage of the act authorizing the Monongahela Navigation Company, an act 
was passed by the Assembly (approved April 2d of the year named) taking 
the improvement of the Monongahela into the hands of the State, and pro- 
viding "That Solomon Krepps and Joseph Enochs of Fayette County and 
William Leckey, of Pittsburg, be and they are hereby appointed commis- 
sioners, who shall have power, and it shall be their duty, to cause to be re- 
moved all obstructions which impede or injure the navigation of said river 
Monongahela, by making a slope or inclined navigation from the Virginia 
State line to its junction with the Allegheny river, and said improvement to 
commence at the mouth of Dtmlap's Creek, in Fayette County, and for that 
purpose to employ suitable persons to perform said work;" and "That ten 
thousand dollars of the stock subscribed by the Governor on bc^half of this 
Commonwealth in the stock of the Monongahela Navigation Company be 
and is hereby appropriated to defray the expenses of removing the said 
obstructions. " 

By another section of the act it was provided and declared "That this 
act shall not go into operation until the Monongahela Navigation Company 
liave first settled all accounts of said company, and have paid into the 
treasury of Fayette Covmty all the unexpended balance of nioney in their 
hands, if any be due. for the pvirpose of being applied agreeably to the pro- 
visions of this act, * * * j^nfi ^ntil then the Monongahela Navigation 



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Company shall also ha\r r(.]in(|uisht'd ihcir shares in the slock of said 
company, as well those held hy individuals as those held by comjjanies, 
which relin(|uishment shall have been certiiied and transmitted under the 
hand and seal of the president and managers of said company, or a majority 
of them, to the Governor, stating that they relinquish all the rights, powers 
anil privileges in and to the river Monongahela vested in them by an act 
passed the 24th of March, 1817, entitled, 'An act to authorize the governor 
to incorporate a company to make a lock navigation on the Monongahela 
river,' and from thenceforth said comjxmy shall cease and determine as if 
the saiel act had not been passed." 

SECOND MONONGAHELA NAX'IC.ATION COMPANY. 

This company as the one before it, aeeom])lished nothing of any conse- 
([uence and it was not till 1836 that any material progress was made. March 
31, 1S3G, under an act of assembly, the Monongahela Navigation Company 
(the second of the same name and style), was authorized and accordingly 
incorporated. A capital of $300,000 was authorized in 0,000 shares each of 
$5l\ with power to increase the nmnlier of shares to whatever extent was 
necessary to com])li.'te the work. 

COMMISSIONERS TO RECEIX'E SUBSCRIPTIONS APPOINTED. 

The persons a])i)ointed as commissioners to recei\'e subscrijitions to the 
stock were Thomas H. Baird, Aaron Kerr, i-'])hraim L. Blaine. \A'illiani 
Briant, Sheshbazzer Bentley, Andrew Gregg, John Bowc-rs. William Vankirk, 
Samuel Bcatty, William Hopkins, and James Gordon, of Washington County. 
George Dawson, Benedict Kimber, George Hogg, James L. Bowman, Israel 
Miller, David Gilmore, E. P. Oliphant, Jermiah Davison, Thomas Wilson, 
Tazwell P. Martin, George Cramer, Yates S. Conwell. Thomas Beatty. Aaron 
Bucher, John Harshe, Andrew Stewan, Isaac Crow, George Vance, James 
C. Etingon, Robert Brown, James C. Ramsey, David B. Rhodes, William. 
Everhart, Westley Frost, and Samuel J. Kre])])S. (vf I-'ayette County; and a 
ntimber of gentlemen from C,reene and Allegheny Counties. When two 
thousand shares were subscribed the company was entitled to a charter, and 
might organize in not less than twenty days. Ui)on organization the company 
was empow-ered "to form and make, erect and set up any dams, locks or 
any other device whatsoever which they shall think most fit and convenient 
to make a eomi)lete slack-water navigation between the points herewith 
mentioned, lo wit: the city of Pittsburg and the Virginia State line; and that 
the dams that they shall so construct for the ])urpose of slack-water naviga- 
tion shall not exceed in height four feet six inches; and that the locks for the 
purpose of passing steainboats, barges and other crafts irp and dow!i the ri\er 
shall be of snfl^cient width and length to admit the safe and easy passage for 
steainboats, barges, and other crafts up as well as down said river. " This act. 
like that which was passed for the creation of the old company in 1S17. 
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previoush' built (if l)y them raised to the rctiuired height) the right to 
collect toll from boats passing down or u]) the river. By the terms of the 
act the company was re(iuired to commence work within five years, and 1o 
complete the improN'ements to the Virginia line within twelve years from its 
passage, under penalty of forfeiture of charter. 

During the year 1830 sufficient stock was subscribed to authorize the issue 
of a charter early in 1837. and on th.e 1 dth of Pel)ruary in that year the com- 
].)any was organized by the election of ofiiccrs, as f(.)llows: President, James 
Clarke; Treasinxr, John D. Davis; Secretary, Jesse H. Duncan; Managers, 
Thcjmas Bakewell, Janus L. Bowman, John H. Ewing, John Freeman, 
Cephas Gregg, George Hogg, John Lyon, John Tassey, William \A'ade. 
Samuel Walker. 

•1258,100 SUBSCRIBED BUT MANY SUBSCRIPTIONS WERE NO 1' 

PAID. 

The United States Bank was charteTed in 183(i and a section of the act 
stipulated that this banking institiition should sxibscribe ^f.lO.OCO to the navi- 
gation company at the opening of its books and $50,000 more when $100,000 
of stock from other sources should have been expended on the work. The 
State, by act of assembly in 1838 subscribed $25,000 and by authority of 
another act in 1840, subscribed $100,000 more. Altogether there was raised 
$258,100 or that niuch was subscribed but the company did not realize on 
many of the subscriptions. 

THE COMPANY COMES TO GRIEF AND WORK IS SUSPENDED. 

The preliminary work was at once commenced and jirosecuted till 1841 
when it was suspended for want of funds. The year 1842 brought the eom- 
l)any still more discouragements as the United States Bank broke and was 
unable to pay its second $50,000. It was also com|)elled to acce]it a large 
share of the $100,000 the State subscribed in 1840, in State bonds which it 
was forced to sell at 50c on the dollar. Many of the individual subscribers 
reftised to pay and others were unable To do so. The company then sought 
to borrow more money from the State but could not because the State did 
not have it. A.n effort to interest capitalists was also made but was un- 
successful. Added to this, in 1843 high water made a breach in dam No. 1 
a hundred feet v.'idc which before it was finally stop])cd in 1844, was fort>- 
feet deep. The company owed $40,000 and had not a dollar with which to 
])ay. Accordingly e\'erything seizaljU' was taken and sold on execution. In 
?*Iay, 1841, the State had given the company power to mortgage its works 
and tolls, and this was supplemented with additional powers in 1842, but 
the company's credit was gone and these powers were of no a\"aii as it 
could borrow no money. 

CAPITALISTS BUY UP STOCK AND COMPLETE WORK IN 1844. 
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as it was'abovit to give up in despair, the misfortuno ol" the State jjrovcd the 
salvation ot' the slack-water navigation comjjany. The State became so 
hard pressed for money that it passed an act authorizing the sale of all its 
cor])oration stock, among the rest the Sll^o.OOCi stock of this companv. 
Being able to sectire this stock at a low figtire. a number of capitalists wlio 
had faith in the feasibility of the jn'oject, took liold antl ])ushed the work to 
compleiion. These men were, James K. Mnoihead, Morgan Robertson, 
George Schnable, Charles Avery, Tlnmias M. Hnwe, John Graham, Thomas 
Bakewell, J. B. Moorhead, and John l-"reeman. They did the work chiefly 
under sub-contractors and vmder the name of Moorhead, Robertson &■ Co. 
It was Jtily, 1844 before they got to work but so rapidly did they push the 
work that by November 15, 1844 the work was completed and slack-water 
navigation was opened as far as Brownsville and Bridgeport. At the time 
of the opening of navigation, there had been exjiended on the work, exclusive 
of engineering and officers' salaries. $418,000. 

COST OF RIVER TOLLS. 

Tile toll on coal over the entire route of slack-water na\'igation, was .'?2.'.M 
])er 1 ,000 bushels which it is said, was less than one-fourth of the rate charged 
over the same distance on the Schtiylkill navigation which had been 
made the standard for this company by the act of IS.'ili. This rate gave 
great dissatisfaction, however, and many of the coa! shippers contended 
that this was an outrage and that the ri\-er should be free The rate was re- 
duced to S>2.4(ii in March lS-1^). Thi- work on the- dams and locks above 
Browns\ille and Bridgejiort, were eom])leted and jmt in ojjeration in the 
year 1904. 

EIGHT YEARS OF GREAT PROSPERriA'. 

From the opening of slack-water navigation between Brownsville and 
Bridgeport, and Pittsburg, in 1844, till the Pennsylvania Railroad reached 
Pittsburg in 1S.")2, a period of eight years, the Monongahela Na\'igation 
Coni])any did an enormous liusiness, as well as did the section of the 
National Pike lietwecn the Three Towns and Cumberland. Md. 

The ninuber of through ])assengers carried in those years between the 
termini of the nax^igation, Browns\'ille and I^ittsburg. was for each year as 
follows; 

1845 22,727 

1846 34,984 

1847 45,826 

1848 47,619 

1849 85,158 

1850 38,988 

1851 32,115 

1852 25,613 

Total 283,030 



B. & O. and Slack- Water Navigation Benefit the Pike 83 

In addition to this the company carric-d during tiie eight years, over 4(')2, ()()() 
way ])assengers. The total passenger tolls for Ihis period was over $] 2(i, ()()(). 

B. & (). AND SLACK-WATER NAVIGATION BENEFIT THE PIKE. 

It can easily l)e seen what imjietus woukl Ix- lent to the business (jf trans- 
portation o\'er the se\'enty-tive miles of National Pike lying Ijetwcen 
Cumberland and Brownsville, as well as to the towns, the country and to 
the taverns along the line \\'ith the B. & O. completed to Cumlierland and 
slack-water navigation established from Pittsburg to Brownsville. The 
number of through passengers carried in b'^i-lS was IT.CiP,). It can also 
be readily realized that this was the cause for the industry of lioat building 
that flourished from the earliest opening oi the ])rimitive r(.)ads till the 
railroads caused it to wane. 

As earl}' as ISot). the Baltimore and C)hio Railroad Company apjdied to 
Pennsylvania for authority t(^ Ijuild their road through this State towards or 
to the Ohio. The State granted the right and the proposition met with the 
general ap])ro\-al of the jteo^ile. So much s(.) in fact that rousing railroad 
meetings were heUl, one for instance, in Bro\\'ns\'ille as early as bS:/.") -when 
the preliminary sur\-eys were being made ])rior to the legislative enactment 
authorizing the liuilding of the road. It was pro])oscd by the company 
to build a line from Cuml)erland to Brownsx-ille and. then on t(j Pittsburg. 
At the meeting at Brownsville it was stated that the chief engineer of the 
Baltimore & Ohio company had made an examination of this section of the 
country and had made his report to the effect that a railroad could be 
constructed l)etwei.'n the two places named "'withoiit the use of any inclined 
]jlane. " The chairman of the meeting al)o\'e referred to was (.Tcorge Hogg; 
vice chairmen, David Binns and Michael Lewis; secretaries, G. H. Bowman 
and John L. Dawson; committee to dr.aft resolutions, Janies L. Bowman, 
Georgi' Dawson, Robert Clarke, Jonathan Binns. Jr., and John Snowdon, Jr. 
At this meeting it was resolved to hold a railroad meeting on th( I'oth of 
the same month (November, lS;i5). There is no record of this meeting 
and the probability is that it was never held. It is certain that the 
proi)osed railroad was never liuilt. 

REJECTED THE B. & O. 

The principal reason that the road was ne\'er Ijuilt is because in the meantime 
the Pennsyh'ania Railroad was being pushed westward a.cross the Alleghenies 
with a view of making Pittsburg its western terminus, and the people of 
Pittsburg who irreferred the main line of the Peniisylvania to a branch of the 
B. & O., now o]5posed the latter, and strange a.s it may seem, the people who 
earlier favored the road along its proposed line, now op])osed it 1 utterly. 
One of the chief grounds on which they opposed it \x-as that it would ruin the 
National Pike and as a result, als(.) ruin the country. Among the most active 
to oppose the B. & O. was Henry W. Beeson of L'niontown. Just how a 
man of his acumcni could take s\tch a position, is hard to tell, for in all else 



84 



Rejected the 15. 6c O. 



he was (|uick lo see the aiK'antages of iin])r(nenieiU and ])rogressi()n. In 
a s])eech he made at one of the meetings in opposition to the B. & O, he fur- 
nished an estimate of the number of horseshoes the blacksmiths had to make 
and the number of nails it took to fasten them onto the feet of the horses. 
Vx'sides many other, to him and it seems, to his hearers, plausil)le reasons 
why the National Road was better calculated to jiromote the welfare of the 
coimtry than a railroad. 

The result of all this opiiosition was Ihat the B, cV- (). linall}- ha<l to abandon 
its proposed line through Pennsylvania and built its line to Wheeling through 
Virginia, (now "W' est Virginia). In time, however, as all are w^ell aware, the 
B. & O also reached Pittsburg. As was foreseen, the railroads killed the 
trafific on the National Pike but they made the cotmtry wdiat it is toda\-. 




old Taverns Along the National Pike 



UXIONTOWN IN THE DaYS OF THE PiKE MaNY PROMINENT CHARACTERS 

Passed Over the Line — The Black Horse, The Old Workman 
House, The Brashear House and Others ix BRo^VNsvILLE — The 
Barr and Old Kimber House in Bridgeport and a Few Old-timers 
IN West Brownsville — Reminiscences of Jenny Lind, La Fayette, 
Tackson, Iefferson, Clay and Others. 



Here it may be most appropriate to make brief mention of tlie many tax'erns 
that catered to the wants of the seemingly never-ending throng that passed 
(3ver the National Pike, or at least those located in Uniontowh, Brownsville, 
Bridgeport and West Browns\'ille, and along the road between Uniontown 
and the Three Towns. Of course in this brief sketch we can only name the 
most prominent, so far as we have been able to learn of them through Ellis' 
History of Fayette County, Veeches' Monongahela of Old, Searight's The 
Old Pike, and from the few old settlers who are still with us. 

UNIONTOWN TAVERNS. 

When the National Pike was in the heyday of its glory, manj^ prominent 
characters passed to and fro over it and it was a trump card for the tavern 
that secvired their patronage. President Harrison, in 1841, when on his way 
to Washington to be installed in that high office, passed over the National 
Pike from Indianapolis to the east and stopped in L'niontown at what was then 
the Walker House. It was a log building and stood on the site now occupied 
by Commercial Row. During the days of the Pike's supremacy, there were 
V)etween twenty-five and thirty hotels in Uniontown, all of them doing a good 
Inisiness. Among the prominent tavern keepers of those days ma}^ be men- 
tioned Jonathan Rowland, Daniel Culp, Matthew Cainpbell, Colin Campbell. 
Margaret Allen. Dr. Robert McClure, Thomas Collins, John Slack of Laurel 
Hill fame, William Downard who afterwards went to Laurel Hill, James 
Gregg who kept the Gregg House. Pierson Sayers, who afterwards became 
sheriff of Fayette County. Jaines Piper who kept "The Jolly Irishman." 
and William Merriman. 

TOO MUCH ROAST PIG. 

Samuel Salter at whose house Chief Justice Thomas McKean always stopped 
when he came to Uniontown to hold court was another. It is related 
of Justice McKean that while stopping there he was frequently regaled 



86 Anecdote of Manypenny and Jefferson 



witli roast \ng. It was wrll ]ii\'])ared and sc'r\i'<l in \hv most tc'ni])tiiig 
manner but the Judge finally tired of it and one day in his most dignified 
and peremptory manner, ordered the young lady who was waiting on the 
table to remove it as he was tired of it. The girl did so with blushing cheeks 
and trembling hands, but in a few minutes, Mrs. Salter who became verv 
indignant at the liberties the Judge was taking, brought the pig back and 
replaced it on the table, saying to the Judge, "You are Chief Justice and run 
the court; I atn chief cook and run this dining room. That pig must stay," 
and T. B. Searight in the " Old I'ike" savs it did. 



ANECDOTE OF MANYPENNY AND JEFFERSON. 

George Many])enny alscj ke])t a ta\"ern in Uniontown in its early days and 
it is related of him that during Jefferson's administration, he went to Wash- 
ington and called on the President. Jefferson brought out the wine and 
asked him to take a glass which he promptly did. After a social chat and when 
Manypenny arose to go, he told the President that he would go home and 
tell the people of Uniontown that he had taken TWO glasses of wine whh 
the President, and that he hoped his Honor would not let him go home with 
a lie on his li])S. President Jefferson took the hint and in a state of great 
amusement brought forth the wine once more. 

GEN. LA FAYETTE AND GEN. SANTA ANNA. 

The Walker House was another popular hostelry as early as IS Hi and was 
kept by Zadac Walker. General La Fayette was entertained at this house 
when he visited this covmtry in 1825; Santa Anna, the famous Mexican 
warrior, also stopped here abovit the year 1834 when on his way to Wash- 
ington. The name of the house was afterwards changed to the "United 
States," and still later to the "Central." The "Spotsyhania House" was 
also a poptilar sto])])ing ])lace. 

GE\. jACKSOX AT THE McCLEARY HOUSE. 

The McCleary House was for many years a popular tavern. It was at 
this hoiase that Gi-neral Jackson always stopped and Mr. Searight in his "Old 
Pike," tells the following story of Jackson: 

In substance he says that on one occasion when Jackson was expected, a 
committee of citizens met him on the road and tendered him the freedom of 
the municipality. They also informed him that accommodations had been 
provided for him at the Walker House. He replied that he always stopped 
at William Hart's (who then kept the McCleary House). The chairman of 
the committee rejoined that Hart was a Whig and that his house was a Whig 
house. The old warrior said that Hart had alwaj's treated him right and 
that he would stop there Whig or what-not, and he did. 

The Swan ke])t l)y Nathaniel Brownfiekl, and the McClelland House were 



The Half- Way House— vSearij^ht's 87 

also very popular houses in that early day. The Seaton, the National, the 
Clinton, the Moran and others figure prominently in the early history of 
Union town. 

OLD TEAVERNS ALONG THE PIKE. 

Between Uniontown and Brownsville, were the Moxley House, Ijuilt and 
first kept by Robert Hunter. He was succeeded by William Darlington who 
remained in charge till 1848 when he moved to the mountains and tcjok 
charge of the Stone House, then known as the Fayette Springs House. 

THE HALF-WAY HOUSE— SEARIGHT'S. 

The next house of import on the way to Brownsville from Uniontown was 
Searight's. It is a large stone building on the north side of the road and was 
for many years a popular resort for sleighing parties from L^niontown and 
Brownsville, who went there to dance and have a general good time. The 
house was btiilt by Josiah Frost about the time the National Road was con- 
structed and was purchased by William Searight in 1821. It was also known 
as the Half-way House, between L^niontown and Brownsville. Wm. Sea- 
right the old proprietor of the house was superintendent of the National 
Pike for many years. 

Just over the hill from Searight's coming this way, is the old Abel Colley 
place. This place was very popular in its day. The old building is still 
standing. When the traffic on the National Pike ceased, Abel Colley built a 
fine brick house across the road from it, -and there he died. W. Searight 
Colley, a son of Abel, still owns and occupies the latter property. Next 
comes the Johnson or Hatfield House. About a mile west of the Hatfield 
House is the old Peter Colley place. Peter Colley was the father of Abel 
Colley before mentioned. He kept a tavern before the National Road was 
built, and Searight says was the first man reptited to have a "barrel" 
of money. Along about 1840 i\rthur W^allace kept a tavern about a mile 
west of Peter CoUey's. Isaac Bailey who afterwards became postmaster of 
Brownsville, kept this house for a time. We next come to what was called 
the Red Tavern, because it was always painted red. Among the inany 
others who kept this house was Huston Todd. He was the father of Ewing 
Todd, for many years a prominent citizen of Brownsville and the grandfather 
of William Todd of Bridgeport, Harry Todd of Monessen and Samuel Todd 
of Charleroi. This property now belongs to the Bowman heirs or is still 
owned by members of the Bowman family. 

A little farther to the west, though not exactly on the National Road, is 
an old stone house that was run as a tavern by W^ilkes Brown before the 
National Road was built. Wilkes Brown was a descendent of the Browns 
who originally owned the land where Brownsville now stands. The next 
tavern before reaching Brownsville, was a fine brick building on the south 
side of the road. It was the property of and was kept by Daniel Brubaker. 
Brubaker purchased this property from David Auld in 1826 and was its 



88 Old Taverns in Hrownsvillc 



constant occupant till he died long after the National Road had lost its 
prestige, except for a short time when Alex. R. Watson ke])t it. 

OLD T.W1:RXS IX HROWXSVILLE. 

The ancient hostelries of Brownsville next claim our attention. There 
were many of them thovigh in Brownsville there were no wagon-stand taverns. 
Wagoners going west passed on through Brownsville, crossed the iron bridge 
and put VI]) at the old Riley and Bar hovises in Bridgeport, or sto]i]ied at 

Bruliaker's on the hill above Brownsville. 

THOMAS HkoWXS ORDIX.X RV. " 

The name of the first public hovise in Brownsville is not known, but it 
appears likely that it was ke])t by Thornas Brown, as there is found in the 
recordsof the West Augusta (Va.) court, held at Fort Dunmore in April, 177G, 
an entry, dated the IGth of that month, as follows: "License to keep an 
Ordinary is granted to Thomas Brown at his house at Redstone Fort. Bazel 
Brown, on his behalf, entered into bond according to law. " Nothing further 
is found of the "ordinary" of Thomas Brown. 

THE BLACK HORSE TAVERN. 

The earliest inn of Brownsx'ille of which anything definite is known as to 
its location and landlords was the "Black Horse Tavern," a stone building, 
a part of which is still standing in the more recently erected stone cottage 
building between the residences of N. B. Bowman and James Slocum, and 
occupied by Miss Mary Lcdwith. The date of the opening of the old tavern 
cannot 1 )e aectu-ately fixed, but it is known that the public meeting at Redstone 
Old Fort July 27, 1791, usually referred to as the first public act in the Whisky 
Insurrection, was held at the Black Horse Tavern. The last meeting of the 
insurgents was also held at the same ])lace, Aug. 2<S and 29, 1794. In the 
Western Telegraph (iiublished at Washington, Pa.) of March 29. 179(i 
is found the following advertisement, viz.: 

"Amos Wilson begs leave to inform his friends and the publie that he has 
])urchased the house formerly occupied by Mr. Patrick Tiernan, the sign of 
the Black Horse, on Front Street, Brownsville, well known by the name of 
Redstone Old Fort, where he has opened a tavern, " etc. 

The tavern property, together with four other lots in Brownsville, "be- 
longing to Charles Armstrong, Elijah Clark, boat builder, and Capt. T. Shane," 
were sold at public auction on the 31st of December, 1796, by James Long, 
auctioneer, but it seems probable that, notwithstanding the sale, Wilson still 
continued as landlord of the Black Horse Tavern, and was keeping it in 1799, 
from an account of the celebration of St. John's day (June 24th) in that year 
by Brownsville Lodge No. 60, of the Free Masons, viz: "In the evening re- 
paired to Brother Wilson's at the Black Horse Tavern, and spent the evening 
in festivity." Later it was ke])t successively by jolm Shildon, Josiah 



Old Workman Tavern — Now Girard House 



Tt-nnchill, Joseph Noble, Mrs. Dr. Lewis Sweitzer, and others. It was dis- 
continued as a public house many years ago. 

OLD WORKMAN TAVERN— NOW GIRARD HOUSE. 

The old Workman House at the upper end of Market Street, now the 
Girard House, or at least it stood where the Girard House now stands, and 
which is now under the efficient management of Mrs. James Claybaugh was 
one of the earliest. The Workman House was built by John McClure Hezlop 
in 1797, who presided as landlord for sonie time. James Workman took 
jiossession of it in 1S43 and presided o^'er its destinies for niany years. He 
had a wide reputation as a genial tavern keeper and a good caterer. He had 
the patronage of the Stockton stage line at that time in its zenith, and many 
interesting incidents are related of it. We copy the following from "The 
Old Pike" by T. B. Searight: 

GENERAL JACKSON WANTED HAM AND EGGS. 

"The late (1894) George E. Hogg, for many years a leading and wealthy 
citizen of Brownsville, is authority for the following amusing story concern- 
ing James Workman, the old tavern keeper, and General Jackson. On the 
occasion of one of General Jackson's frequent trips over the National Road, 
the citizens of Brownsville resolved to give hiin a public reception. All the 
usual arrangements for such an occasion or event, were made, including a 
dinner at Workman's hotel or tavern as hostelries were then called. The 
hero ttpon reaching town was taken to the Presbyterian ehvirch to listen to a 
reception speech and receive the greetings of the people. Soon after the 
audience had settled down, Mr. Workman entered the building and forcing 
himself down the main aisle, and to a front pew occupied by General Jackson, 
accosted him thus; 'General Jackson, I have been commissioned by the 
committee of arrangements to provide your dinner, and have come to in(|uire 
if there is any particular article of diet you prefer abo\-e another, that I may 
have the pleasure of gratifying yotir taste.' The old general gravely 
responded 'ham and eggs.' This seemed rather confusing to the old land- 
lord, who, supposing the General Avas joking, repeated his in(iuiry, when the 
same response came the second time and in an emphatic tone, 'HAM AND 
EGGS. ' Mr. Workman then hastily withdrew and going home commanded 
his cook to prepare ham and eggs for General Jackson's dinner. " 

ANECDOTES OF HENRY CLAY. 

Another story concerning this old tavern is worthy of space. It seems 
that at that time the approaches to the bridge across Dunlap's Creek were 
not in a very good condition and a stage coach in crossing it with Henry Clay 
as a passenger (he must have been riding on the outside) dropped so far as 
to throw the illustrious passenger out into the mud injuring him though 
as it proved afterwards, not seriously. Mr. Clay was taken to the Workman 



90 Gen. La Fayette at the Brashear House 

House and Dr. Stoy, an old practitioner was imnifdialuly calli'd. 'I'he Doctor, 
it is said, was given to loquacity and being very m\uh elated at being called 
to sec so distinguished a patient, commenced to tell one of his long stories. 
In the meantime he had ])rcscribed brandy and held the glass containing the 
licjuid in his hand. Mr. Clay perceiving that the story was going to be a long 
one, interrupted the Doctor to suggest that he be permitted to drink the 
brandy withovit further delay and to rub the glass over his wottnds. 

It is related tbat a wit who was standing near l)y when Mr. Clay was so 
unceremoniously dumjjcd into the mud, remarked that it was rather expensive 
to bring Clay all the way from Kentucky to fill U]) the chuck holes in the 
National Pike. 

GEN. i-A I'AVETTE AT THE BRASHEAR HOUSE. 

A short distance Ijelow tliL' Workman House (now the (lirard) stands an 
old stone house now occupied by Mrs. Westlev Frost as a pri\'ate residence. 
This was the Brashear House and was kejit l)y Bazil Brashear and after- 
wards by James Searight of whom mention has already been made. It was 
for many years a prominent hostelry and the stopping place of many illus- 
trious personages, among them being La Fayette who was entertained there 
when he visited America in 1S25. Bazil Brashear w^as a brother-in-law 
of Thos. Brown, the founder of Brownsville and the grandfather of Prof. 
John Brashear, the renowned astronomer and maker of astronomical intru- 
ments, who now resides in Pittsburg. 

At the head of old Front Street, in a frame house, James C. Beckley also 
kept a tavern for a nimiber of years. 

THE OLD MARSH. \kL HOLSE. 

On the ground now occupied by the handsome and jjalatial residence of 
C. L. Snow^don, in the early days, there stood what was then called the 
Marshall House. It was first kept as a tavern by William Reynolds who 
was an agent for the Adams Express Company. It was, of course, head- 
quarters for the express company and did a good business. After Mr. 
Reynolds, the house was in the hands of Hiram Holmes, Isaac Vance, Harvey 
Schroyer, J. W. Kisinger, Wm. Garrett and others. Its name was frer|uentlj^ 
changed. It w^as once known as the Petroleum House and lastly as the 
Central. 

'1-Ili': OLD CL.XRK .M.WSION— NOW THE STOREY HOUSE. 

The old Clark mansion, now the Storey House, was con\-erted into a hotel 
about the year 1849 and immediately became the headquarters of the Good 
Intent stage line. Andrew Byers who was at one time the proprietor of 
the Clinton Hou.se, in I'niontown, was its first pro])rit-tor. Daniel Brown 
succeeded Byers. For some time after Brown left the house it was kept by 
Capt. Morgan Mason. The widow Schroyer also kejit the house for a time 



Old Krepps Homestead — Now the Monongahela House 91 

as did Theakston Bros. Matthew Storey had purchased it subsequent to 
the date when it was under the management of Theakston Bros., however. 
When Mr. Storey came into possession of the house he greatly enlarged and 
improved it and under his management it has grown into great favor and 
enjoys a large and desirable patronage. 

THE OLD KREPPS HOMESTEAD— NOW THE MONONGAHELA 

HOUSE. 

As is well known to the older residents of Brownsville, the Monongahela 
Hotise was for many years the private residence of Samuel J. Krepps. As 
near as we can learn from the records and memory of the oldest citizens, it 
was opened up as a tavern about 184-i. A Mr. McCurdy was the first \iyo- 
prictor. It was kept in turn by Jesse Hardin, Isaac Bailey, William Gans, 
Ephraim H. Bar, Cyrus L. Connor, and John Krepps a son of the owner. 

OLD TAVERNS IN BRIDGEPORT. 

Jack Arnold seems to ha^•e been one of the first to keep a tavern in Bridge- 
port. His house stood near where the market house was located which 
latter building occupied the ground now laid out in a park or rather a grass plat 
at the intersection of Bridge, Second and High streets. He was succeeded 
by John Riley who kept the place for many years. The old Kimbe." House 
was located where the Bar Hotise now stands. Isaac Kimber, Robert Pat- 
terson, and John Neelan at different times presided over this house. The 
Bar House was the property of Ephraim Bar and still belongs to his heirs. It 
was kept by Robert Carter, Thornton Young,- George Garrard, Mathew Story, 
Eli Bar, W. F. Higinbotham and others and is now a popular hostelry under 
the management of John E. Rickard. 

OLD TAVERNS IN WEST BROWNSVILLE. 

Like all other points along the National Pike, West Brow^nsville, had its 
old hostelries the mention of which will call to mind many interesting in- 
cidents not yet forgotten by the older citizens. 

As early as the year lcS2(), Samuel Adams kept a tavern in a frame 
building on the corner of Railroad and Bridge streets. Later the frame was 
torn down and the brick house now occupied as a depot by the P. V. & C, was 
built on the site. Joshua Armstrong was the first occupant of the brick 
building. John Huston was the last one to occupy the old frame building. 
After Mr. Armstrong the house was kept in ttirn by the following: Morris 
Pureell, Major William Paul, Thoinas Hamen Hopkins, Greenberry Millburn, 
John Cummins, Moses Bennington, William Dawson, James D. Dorsey, Doc. 
Bar, Robert Miller, Solomon Watkins, James Nichols, and John Taylor. 

West of the above-nained hotel or tavern and near the foot of the hill 
on the Pike, stood an old stone house in which Vincent Owen kept tavern 
at the opening of the Pike and for some time afterwards. The property 



92 ( )1(I rikc Rciiiiiiiscences 



belonged to the Krepps family, and the landing of the Krepps ferry was near 
the tavern. Owens was succeeded by Samuel Acklin, after which John 
Krepps took charge of the hovise. Morris Purcell succeeded Krepps and after- 
wards went to the Adams house as above stated. The Krepps ferry which 
continvicd till about 1845, was run in connection with this tavern. This 
house closed long before the decline of travel on the Pike thovigh we have 
not been able to learn why. 

T. B. Searight in his "Old Pike" relates that the father of Vincent Owen 
was mvirdered in this old house while the latter was kee])ing it. Two persons 
who lodged in the house the night of the murder, were stispected of the crime 
but they fled before daylight the next morning and were never apprehended. 
There was no apparent motive for the crime. 

The present hotels of West Brownsville arc the Aubrey and the Atwood, 
the former presided over by David G. Province and the latter by J.J. CauUey. 
The Atwood was formerly occupied by business houses and flats and was 
fitted U]) f(ir a hotel in 1901 by W. Bi\'ekinridge. 

OLD PIKE REMINISCENCES. 

T. B. Searighl in his " Old Pike, " says the National Road had its contingent 
of (luaint characters, eccentric men, philosophers in one sense, and loafers in 
another. 'I'hey were indigenous to the road, could not live away from it, 
and enjoyed the precarious subsistence they obtained on it. The loadstone 
that attracted them and attached them to the road, probably above all 
other influences, was the pure whisky, before mentioned. It was plentiful 
and cheap, and could be obtained almost for the mere asking. It did not 
contain the elements of modern whisky, which excites men to revolution, 
insurrection, violence and insanity. Of the characters alluded to, whose 
haunts were at the old taverns along the road between Searight's and Browns- 
ville, the reader familiar with that portion of the line will readily recall 
Marion Smith, (Logan) George Ducket, Jonathan Crawford, John W. Dough- 
erty, Gideon Lehman and Billy Bluebaker. Logan's forte was imitating 
the crowing of a rooster. Ducket had no pronounced trait but under a 
patriotic impulse volunteered as a soldier in the Mexican war, and marched 
with Major Gardner, Daniel Hazard ;mil the other heroes to the halls of the 
Monte/Aimas. Crawford was a tailor, and worked at his trade as little as 
possil)le, Init <|uietly enjoyed his potations. He had nothing to say. 
Dougherty was a walking arsenal, savage in appearance and gesticulation. 
He carried knives, pistols and a general assortment of deadly weapons, but 
was never known to use them on an adversary. Lehman was also a tailor 
and bass drummer. He had a bronzed complexion and a stolid temperament. 
Billy Bluebaker was elastic in motion, but lacking in brain. He wore the 
smallest hat of any individvial on the road, and was happy in doing little 
jobs for old wagoners at his uneU-'s la\-ern. These odd characters have all 
gone with the majority of the men of the road. They witnessed, and in their 
way participated in the enlivening scenes of the great highway, and are en- 
titled to a place in its history.. 



Visit of Jenny I^nd and P. T. Barnnni 93 



VISIT OF JENNY LIND AND P. T. BARNUM. 

When Jenny Lind, the world-renowned songstress, made her first profes- 
sional visit to the United States, she returned east from her western tour by 
way of the National Road, in coinpany with her troupe and in "chartered" 
coaches of the Stockton line. P. T. Barnum, the celebrated showman, was 
the great singer's manager, and was with her on the occasion referred to. 
The party remained over night at Boss Rush's tavern, twelve miles east of 
Uniontown. The people along the road heard of the coming of the dis- 
tinguished travelers, and a number assembled at the tavern in the evening to 
get a glimpse of them. William Shaffer drove the coach in which Barnum 
was seated, and when he halted in front of the tavern one of the curious 
called up to the driver on the box and inquired; "Which is Barnum?" 
Shaffer answered gruffly: " I don 't know Barnum from the devil. " Barnum, 
meanwhile, had emerged from the coach, and standing by its side overheard 
the inquiry and the driver's reply, and ste])]nng vi|.i to the inquisitor said to 
him; " I am Barnum; the driver is right, it is hard to distinguish me from the 
devil." The party entered the good old tavern and were entertained and 
lodged in the handsome style for which Boss Rush was greatly and justly 
distinguished. 




Railroad Histor 



Some Facts About the Railroads That Helped to Make Fayette 
County and the Three Towns What They Are — Early History- 
OF the Baltimore & Ohio, the PennsyAvania, the Pittsburg & 
Lake Erie and the Monongahela — The Oqnnellsville Central — 
Opening of the Monongahela Railroad AxGala Day — A Citizen 
of the Three T(nvNs First Proposed the Union Pacific — Pictures 
OF Prominent Railroad Men ^VITH Biographical Sketches — 
Pictures of Scenery' Along the Various Lines. 



THE PITTSBURG & CONNELLSVILLE RAILROAD CO. 

The Pittsburg & Connellsvillc Railroad Company was incorporated April 
3d, 1837, rcchartcrcd in 1843, opened their road to Connellsville in 1855, 
and later under their recharter privileges, which had been repealed in 1864 
and restored in 1868, they completed their road from Connellsville to Cum- 
berland, April 10, 1871. 

THE FAYETTE COUNTY RAILROAD COMPANY. 

The Fayette County Railroad Company was incorjioratcd May 1, 1857. 
and completed its road from Uniontown to Connellsville on January 1, 1860. 
The road was sold by the sheriff in 181)2, and purchased by the stockholders, 
who reorganized the comj^any, and in 1864 leased the road for ninety-nine 
years to the Pittsburg & Connellsville Company, which also leased the Mt. 
Pleasant and Broad Ford railroad opened February 18, 1871 . 

BRANCH LINES OF RAILROAD. 

In 1875 the Baltimore &: Ohio Railroad Com])any ])artly secured by lease 
what they failed to accomplish by legislation half a century before. They 
leased the Pittsburg & Connellsville, the Mt. Pleasant & Broad Ford and the 
Fayette County roads for ninety-nine years, thus gaining an outlet to Pitts- 
l)urg and a road into the coke region of Fayette County. Twentj^ years 
later they ptished their Fayette County road to Morgantown, W. Va., under 
the name of the Morgantown & Fairmont Branch of the Pittsbtirg division, 
and in 1900 built a branch from Smithheld into the Klondike. 

The second great trunk line to secure a branch into the countv was the 



96 Karly History of the 15. .\: ( ). 

Pennsylvania, which obtained the Southwest Pennsylvania road, which 
was completed fnmi (ii\ensl)ur<^ to Uniontown in 187(5, and later extended 
to Fairchance by buying the Uniontown and West Virginia railroad. It also 
secured the partly linished Redstone Branch of the Pittsburg, Virginia & 
Charleston road from West Brownsville to Uniontown, com]:)leting it in 1882, 
and now operating it under the name of the Monongahela Division, while in 
1900 it opened the Coal Lick Run Br;iiHh road from Uniontown to Leckrone 
in the Klondike. It also practically controls the Masontown and New Salem 
road of that region. 

l•:.\Rl.^• iiisToRN' oi- Till-: b. &- o. 

Aiul those who now see the fruits of their ])r()gressive tactics shown each 
day have good reason to be proud of the old Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. 
It is the oldest railroad in the world, and if the policy of those in control is 
but ke])t u]i it will soon be the best in the world, for it has the territory, the 
money and the brains. In almost all things the Baltimore & Ohio was the 
pioneer. It was the first line to be operated for passengers or freight, the 
first to utilize locomotive power, the first to come over the Allegheny 
mountains, the first to employ electricity as a motive power, and the first 
to employ electricity as a means of communication. It had the first telegraph 
line in the world, for it was over the line from Baltimore to Washington, in 
1844, that Prof. S. F. B. Morse sent his famovis message, "What God hath 
wrought" and in that message gave the world the telegraph. 

And the route followed from Baltimore to Pittsburg is historical. A 
centm-y and a half ago the route now traversed by the road across the moun- 
tains was known as the "(ireat Xemacolin Path," the Appian Way of the 
savages. Later George Washington, surveyor in laying out the rovite of the 
stage road across the mountains to the Ohio Valley followed this same path. 
Later still the French, ttndcr Pierre Duquesne, who had been visvirping much 
of the territory which was claimed by Great Britain, were called to account 
by England, and Washington was again sent o\H'r tlu' territory to warn the 
French to leave. 

On the 2d day of Fel)ruary, 1S127, the citizens of Baltiniore conferred u])on 
the adoption of |)roper measures for the commencement of the Baltimore & 
Ohio Railroad, a work of deep and vital interest to the American people, by 
facilitating its commerce, diffusing, and extending its social intercourse and 
perpetuating the haj^py union of the Confederate States. An act of incor- 
poration by the State of Maryland was granted February 28, 1827, and con- 
firmed by the State of Virginia March 8, 1827, and the construction of the 
road was commenced July 4, 1S2S. 

THE EVEX'I' (■1':L1-:BRAT1:1) A'I" H-XLTIMORE. 

The ceremonies attending this great (.'\"ent were conducted by the Masonic 
Fraternity. The city of Baltimore was in gala attire and strangers from 
distant points began arri\Mng in town a day or two before the celebration. 




Mr. Samuel Rea 
Vice-President Monongahela R. R. and 
Fourth Vice-Pres. Pennsjlvania R. R. 



Col. J. M. .Schoonniaker 
President Monongahela R. R. and 
Vice-Pres. Pittsburg & Lake Erie R. R. 



98 The I'eiinsvlvania Railroad — Its (irowtli 



The leading event was the laying of the corner stone of this first railroad of thr 
land. The venerable Charles Carroll, of Carrolton the last surviving signer 
of the Declaration of Independence, cast the first spadeful of earth for ihv 
beginning of the railroad, saying; '" I consider this among the most important 
acts of my life, second only to that of signing tin' Declaration of Indejiendence, 
if, indeed, second to that. " 

This remarkable stone was placed in the earth and the laying of the wooden 
track of the railroad was then begvm. Strange as it may seem, in the natural 
shifting of position of the track this stone was forgotten and its exact location 
in the earth remained only a matter of conjecture for nearh'' forty years. 
The interest was revived in July, 1898, when a resurvey was made and the 
stone located six {vc{ nnikr \hv surface of the ground. The entire masonry 
was then carefully raisL'd abo\'e' ihi' earth and inclosed in a steel cage, so that 
the famous relic \\ill remain in ])ul)lie view for all lime. 

THE iM':X.\S^L\-AXl.\ R.\i LR( )AD— ITS GROWTH. 

There is nuieh to admire in the history of the growth of the Pennsyh'ania 
Railroad system. It has been likened to the grcnvth of the United States. 
Demand for communication between the early settled Atlantic slopes and 
the communities formed by these who had penetrated beyond the Alle- 
gheny mountains cavised the rails to be spread to Pittsburg, placing this 
section in communication with New York, Philadelphia, and all points there- 
abouts. It gave the railroad, too, at this end the advantage of the rare and 
rich territory on which they have spent millions in opening up and from which 
they have also taken millions in products. 

INVASION OF NEW YORK. 

An effort to gras]) the amount of energy and capital invested yearly by 
the Pennsylvania system would be futile. No one seems to know how much 
capital is invested, for it is yjast counting. It has been claimed that the line 
between Pittsburg and New York cleared $1(),"),(1()() jier mile last year. What 
an amount of money must be invested to ha\"e brought anything like 
this return. 

The fact remains that there is nothing too large for the Pennsylvania to 
tackle. Those back of it will stop at nothing in the way of money or trouble 
to accomplish their ends. 

The Pennsylvania road is tunneling under thi' East river from New 
Jersey right into the heart of New York, and at an expense of something like 
$50,000,000 will soon come above grotind at Thirty-fourth street and Sixth 
avenue. And there, is being erected now one of the most handsome de])ots 
in the country. 

This act of tunneling under the ri\-er and under a great jjart of New York, 
in order to get right to the millions of ])eople who are on the streets of 
New York daily has been considered one of the most wonderful engineering 
feats, as well as one of the most nervy things ever attempted. 




Col. Joseph U. Crawford 
Engineer of Branch Unes P. R. R- and 
Chief Engineer Monongahela Railroad 

(".eorge Dorsey 
Right-of-Wav Man for P. R. R., Monongahela 
and Connellsville Central Railroads 



Joseph C. Grooms 

I^and and Claim Agent 

Pittsburg & Lake Erie R. R. 

Robert W. Ta%lor 

Assistant Engineer P. R. R- and 

E.ngineer in Charge Monongahela R. R. 



Of 



loo luirlv Ilislorv of the I'eiisvlvaiiia 



With the- New York tunnel through, vmder the river, the next problem to 
be attacked is the Allegheny mountains, and there are those of us who, witli 
an even chance in life, will live to ride through the tunnel under the moun- 
tains. The fearful grade is the one drawVjack to the road. 

Already have surveys been made for the tunnel. It will be a giant under- 
taking. It will be the biggest tunnel in the world, but what of that "' The 
New York tunnel imder the river will be the biggest of its kind. 

During the present year not less than a million dollars will be spent by the 
Pennsylvania in improvements along the smaller lines in Western Pennsyl- 
vania which it owns. Stich as the Chartiers Valley Road, leading from 
Carnegie to Washington, Pa., and the Pittsburg, Virginia & Charleston cut- 
ting into the coke region of West Virginia. 

Miles and miles of double track are scheduled for the Pittsburg, \'irginia 
and Charleston line. This is a line which makes l)ut little fuss, but quietly it 
brings in more money to the common coffer than most other lines with more 
pretension to fame and prestige. It is to be extended farther into the 
Southwest in order to tap some virgin fields which promise coal and coke in 
large quantities. 

It may not be out of order here to state that the Pittsburg, Virginia and 
Charleston railroad was first organized as the Monongahcla Valley railroad 
bvit the name was changed to Pittsburg, Virginia and Charleston, January 
15, 1870. 

• The first officers and directors were, B. F. Jones, president; Wm. Price, 
vice-president; Henry F. Voigh, treastirer; Chill W. Hazard, secretary. The 
directors were, T. W. Briggs, Geo. Black, Jos. Walton. Jos. Dilworth, Dr. A. 
Patton, John C. Risher, H. B. Hays. 



EARLY HISTORY OF THE PENNSYLVANIA. 

The Pennsylvania Railroad is a monument to the perseverance of John 
Stevens, of New York, who had an idea that there was a great future for the 
tramway, which was then in use but lightly. Bands of iron were nailed to 
the top of wooden rails, and horses pvilled loaded wagons along these. As 
early as 1812, Stevens, who was a steamboat man, appealed to the legisla- 
ture of New York for help in working out his railroad ideas but was refused 
after being told he was a crank. 

Filled with sorrow at the way in which he had been treated, Stevens in 
1823, then tottering on the verge of fourscore years, turned his face hope- 
fully toward Pennsylvania, and after some trouble, got the legislature to 
agree to franchise a railroad from Philadelphia to Colunibia, Pa. This 
franchise was given for fifty years, btit Stevens was not able to raise the 
capital to construct the line. 

It was at Columbia that those coming from Philadelphia toward the head 
waters of the Ohio took the canal, and as the years passed, the problem 
of how to better the travel from Philadelphia to Columbia, became 
a pressing one. In the fall of 1828 the legislatvn-e, having become satisfied 




Chris. S. PriiiBlc 

Joint Affent at Brownsville 

Union Station 

Harry A. Sliank 
Train master MonoiiKalitla K. K. 



John Erniire 

Snperintendent of Monongahela 

Railroad 



102 



Early History of the Pennsylvania 



that ndlhini,' would hv donv liy corporations or individuals, decided to con- 
struct a line itself, and the line from Philadelphia to Columbia by way of 
Lancaster was authorized. 'Die work was then begun, but there was great 
opposition, and it was not until almost seven years after that the little line 
was opened. This was the initial step toward a railroad system, the Pennsyl- 
vania, which has since grown into the greatest in the world. 

Many are the amusing stories told of the initial trip o\-er the new line. It 
occurred April 15-16, 1834. There was a select party, and an engine called 
Black Hawk, thought to be the acme of mechanical skill, was brought into 
]jlay. The start was made from the Columbia end of the line, and on the I'lth 
the ])arty went from Columbia to Lancaster. 




W. A. Col)iirii 
Veteran Railroad Man of the Three Town.s 



But, continue the railroad journey at night? Not they! They dis- 
embarked, and put u]) at a hotel, and stabled their horses for the night. 
Yes, they had horses, tmd a tram car followiti.ti; the train to p>ick U]) the ])arty 
in case the engine should play out, and svich a contingency was exjieetcd 
every minute of the way. Those w-ho risked life and limb behind Black 
Hawk knew what the real horses coiild do, but they were not so sure about 
the iron horse, so, to make sure of getting home properly should anything 
happen, they took the horses along with theni. 




Kennedy Crosson J. C. Keller 

Contractors for the Construction of the Monongahela and Connellsville Central 
Railroad through Brownsville and Bridgeport 



104 I'iUslniri^h ^: Lake I'.rie Railroad 

But the horses Avere not needed. Until death, however, those who went 
on the memorable trip told with great glee of how they had at times to get 
off the little train and put their shoulders to the wheel and liclj) Black Hawk 
up the grades. 

On the next day the trip was resumed, and Philadelphia was reached early 
in the evening. It reciuired 9i hours to make the trip fi^om Lancaster. 

And, though now started, the trials of the railroad were not yet over. They, 
in fact, had, like the road, only just begun. There was a world of opposi- 
tion to the railroad, and the greatest opposing factor was the teamster. 
For years great six-horse teams had traveled the highway leading over the 
mountains from Philadelphia to Pittsburg, and they resented anything which 
might be constructed as liable at anj^ tiine to oppose them. And the team- 
sters, besides, being of themselves powerftil, had friends just as powerful, and 
the combination fought hard. There were hundreds of small wagon taverns 
along the pike, they being necessary for the accommodation of the hundreds 
of six-horse teams which passed, hauling freight to or from Pittsburg. These 
tavern keepers were strong now, and they saw in the coming of the railroad 
the killing of their good trade, and they joined hands Avith the teamsters to 
block the progress of what is now the Pennsylvania r&ilroad. Public meet- 
ings were held, and the railroad was scored roundly. In many districts 
the railroad was made the bone of contention at elections, but it had come to 
stay. Out of this small beginning the Pennsylvania road grew to its 
present proportions, though it was not until almost the middle of the 
century when the Pennsylvania Railroad Co. took shape, and later traversed 
practically the route taken by the old line years before from Columbia to 
Philadeli)hia. 



THE PITTSBURGH & LAKE ERIE RAILROAD. 

The Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Company, now one of the most im- 
portant roads in the country, was organized May 11th, 1875, with a capital 
stock of $2,000,000. 

The first board of directors were: 

Wm. McCreery, President; directors, Wm. McCrecrv, Joshua Rhodes, 
James Westerman, George C. Reis, John Bissell, John F. Dravo, Wm. H. 
Short, P. W. Keller, A. J. McKinley. Secretary, John Bissell; Treasurer, 
Wm. M. Short. 

The railroad was first constructed from Pittsburgh to Youngstown and New 
Castle, a distance of 70 miles. 

The construction of the road was let to Contractor P. J. McGann of Lan- 
caster, Pa., who bviilt it from the mill of Jones & Laughlin on the vSouth Side 
to Haselton Furnace in Ohio. 

In 1877, through the President of the Comjjany, two important contracts 
were made for traffic with the L. S. cS: M. S. Ry., through its President, Wm. 
Vanderbilt, and the Atlantic and Great Western, through its President. J. H. 
Davereux. 



The Lake Erie Never Killed a Passeiii^er 105 

In 1878 the first locomotive crossed the Ohio River Bridge, and in this 
year the following officers were elected: 

James I. Bennett, President; Jacob Henrichi, David Hostetter, [ohn 
Reeves, M. W. Watson, James M. Bailey, Joshna Rhodes, Wm. M. Lyon. 
John F. Dravo, James M. Schoonmaker, J. H. Davereux, John Newell, 
Jacob Painter, Directors. 

The Board elected John Reeves, Vice President; Samuel George, Jr.. 
Treasurer; Sebastian Wimmer, Chief Engineer; Samuel Rhea, Secretarj-; 
James H. McCreerj^ General Solicitor; Wm. Stearns, Superintendent of 
Construction. 

October 15, 1878, the following officers were elected: 

Chas. A. Chipley, General Freight Agent; A. D. Smith, Aiiditor and General 
Passenger Agent; John G. Robinson, Secretary and Treasurer. 

Nov. 22, 1S78, a contract was made with the Western L'nion Telegraph 
Company for the telegraph service, and with the Pittsburgh Transfer Coiai- 
pany for its transfer service. 

In 1879 a contract was made with the Union Express Company for ex- 
press traffic. Passenger and freight trains began running February 24th, 
1879. 



PITTSBURG, McKEESPORT & VOUGHIOGHENY 

The Pittsburg, McKeesport & Youghiogheny Railroad, under the manage- 
ment of the P. & L. E. R. R. Co., was organized in 18 — , and its construction 
was finished to New Hav^en with its connecting branch lines in 18-^. This 
road also purchased the McKeesport and Belle Vernon Railroad, which had 
been constructed from McKeesport to Belle Vernon in 1890, and extended 
its lines over this distance. This line was extended to Fayette City in 1895, 
where the construction was stopped until the extension to Brownsville which 
was made in 1903, and the road opened August 31st, of that year. 

THE LAKE ERIE RAIERO.\D NEVER KIEI.ED A PASSENGER 

The Pittsburg and Lake Erie Railroad is the Pittsburg end of the immense 
Vanderbilt sj'stem, or New York Central lines, which have an aggregate 
mileage of 12,000 and of the many lines controlled by the Vanderbilts there is 
none which gives better results to its owners or better satisfaction to its 
patrons than this same "Little Giant," a sturdy member of the Vanderbilt 
family. And, the "Little Giant" never killed a passenger. No, not in the 
25 years in which it has carried millions of passengers has the life of one in- 
trusted to its care been lost. This is a record of which any line in the world 
might well be proud. It is the truthful record of the Pittsburg & Lake 
Erie. 



106 



\'ice President and Ceneral Manager J. M. Schoonniaker 




Rlonongaliela River Hank Back of "Neck" Hefore Fill 



VICE PRESIDENT AND (VENERAI^ MANAGER J. -M. SCHOONMAKER 



But since the day of its initiation there has been eonneeled with the " Little 
Giant" one \vho has ever watched. He is Col. j. ,M. Schounmaker, now 
vice president and general manager of the line. Much of the success of the 
"Little Giant" can be traced directly to this wide-awake 'man, who can be 
found at his office all hours of the daj'. There is not a move made over the 
entire system of which Vice President Schoonmaker is not familiar, and most 
of them are made under his direct supervision. 

No higher tribute can be paid Colonel Schoonmaker than in the state- 
ment that it was he who put in and perfected the block system which has 
made the Pittsburg & Lake Erie the most envied of roads. There is a block 
approximately for every half mile of the main line of track, and its leased 
lines are being fitted out with a similiar system as fast as the people handling 
this equi])nient can put it in. 

The ad\'antage of a block on each half mile of track cannot be overesti- 
mated. One train cannot enter on a half mile block when a red light is shown. 
That means danger in the half mile covered by the block on which the train 
is entering, and the engineer stops dead. If. howe\er, a green light be shown. 



Vice President and General Manager J. M. Schoonniaker 



107 




Monongahela River Bank Back of "Neck" After Fill 



that means that there is something in tlie second block ahead, and the 
train moves cautiously. If both of the arms of the semaphore, the red light 
and the green light, are down, it means a clear track, and that the train can 
rush ahead. 

And all this is handled by electricity. Should a rail break on the line the 
red light and the green light for several succeeding blocks on either side of 
the track will be shown, and all trains mvist come to a dead stop. If there 
is foreign substance on the track enough to disarrange it, such as the falling of 
a slide — this means that the red light and the green light will be shown, 
for the circuit has been broken. 

This is one of the systems installed by Colonel Schoonmaker, and to its 
complete workings may be attributed much of the success of the line and its 
freedom from accidents. 

Since Colonel Schoonmaker assumed control of the Pittsburg & Lake 
Erie its business has trebled, and more. In his work he has been ably as- 
sisted by a force of officials second to none in the country. In ever}'- depart- 
ment the "Little Giant" prides itself that it has the right man in the right 
place, and perhaps to no department more than any other is particular credit 
due. To the outsider is noticeable the esprit du corps of the official force. 
They pull together, always together, and from beginning to end this is also a 



108 



Monongahela Railroad Company 




view of I'oint Ikl'oic Cut at MmiUi of Redstone Creek 



ft'aluri.' of the rank and iilc of the men. Pcrha])s the fact that they are 
well looked after will account for this. Their health is thought of, their 
]jersonal cuniforts while on duty are taken care of, and when they are oil 
duty, they have provided for their entertainment Y. M. C. A. rooms and 
places of amusement uplifting and highly moral in their character. This 
particular feature is one of the things forever in the minds of the management. 



MONONGAHELA RAILROAD C^OMPANY. 



The Monongahela R. R. and the one thai will eventually make of the Three 
Towns one metropolis was organized in !•)()(), and the stoel< of this ci:)m])any 
is owned jointly by the P. R. R. Co., and tlie P. iSj L. E. R. R. Co., in ecjual 
proportions. 

It operates from Redstone Creek extending up the Monongahela River 
and around to Redstone Junction and Uniontown with various branches 
extending into the "Klondike Region," and at present covers a distance 
of about 37 miles, all in the county of Fayette. 

The officers are: 

Col. J. M. Schoonmaker, of the P. & L. E. R. R. Co., President; Samuel Rea, 



Mononsj;ahela Railroad Company 



109 





o^^JE W 


H 




IIWIHiBIWffltJyWUtiJBtflfcMMl 


wiiHHH^^lHllHBHiiiilHBHIHBR^^B^Ba 



view of Point After Cut at Mouth of Redstone Creek 



of the P. R. R., Vice President; T. Ashton, Treasurer, and F. W. Swartz, 
Sccretar}^ 

It was concluded to build this road after the two great corportions had 
about decided to extend their lines into this section of the cotuitry, and as 
they would have conflicted with each other's locations at several points, they 
wisely decided to build one line, on the east bank of the river, both roads 
to participate in the construction, operation and maintenance of the same. 
There were many obstacles to meet and overcome as the topography of the 
cotmtry is such as to require skillfvil engineering to locate a line so as to do 
the least harm to the property owners and yet get a proper location for the 
safe operation of the railroad. This has all been accomplished, and the 
engineering and rights-of-way matters have been carried through with slight 
recourse to the courts. 

The line has already a doulilc track from Dunlap's Creek to Redstone 
Creek, and in its entire distance through the two towns of Brownsville and 
Bridgeport there are only two grade crossings. It can readily be seen that 
this railroad is of inestimable advantage to this region, as it gives us the 
complete service of both the P. & L. E. R. R. and the P. R. R., with one 
system of tracks and having a passenger schedule of thirty-two trains daily 
to Pittsburg where connection is made with the lines of the P. R. R. and the 



110 Program of ()i)eiiiii,u of the Moiioiij^ahela Railroad 



P. (S: L. E. cusl and west and with other roads to all points of the compass. 
There are two passenger trains each way, daily on the Monongahela railroad 
that in addition to the above connection also make connection at Redstone 
Junction and Union town, with the Southwestern Pennsylvania lines. The 
Monongahela railroad also has the traffic of two express lines, the Adams of 
the Pennsylvania lines and the American, of the P. & L. E. 

Although it is operated and maintained entirely separate and apart from 
cither of the big sj'stems, it connects with the P. & L, E. R. R. at a point 
a few hundred feet north of Redstone Creek, and with the P. R. R. at a point 
about eqvial distance sovith of Redstone Creek, affording ainple facilities for 
freight and passenger traffic in this vicinity. These roads already have an 
enonnous tonnage coming out of the " Klondike Region" in the way of coal 
and coke and other minerals as well as a very good passenger traflic. 

To handle the freight traffic of the region traversed by the Monongahela 
railroad, it requires at present, twenty-five trains daily or about six hundred 
cars. The traffic is inostlv coal, coke and merchandise, principally the first 
two named, as the road traverses the Klondike or lower Connells\-ille region 
which is one of the richest in the western part of Pennsylvania if not in the 
world. 

There are G. ()()() ovens with a capacity of 00,000 tons ])er day, and 25 mines 
with a capacity of 30,000, tons daily already in operation on the Monongahela 
Railroad . 



PROGRAM OF OPENING OF THE MONONGAHFl.A RAILROAD. 

While both passenger and freight traffic actvially commenced on the 
Monongahela railroad on Monday, August 31, 1903, the formal opening did 
not occur till Friday, September 4th. This day was celebrated by a grand 
banquet tendered the officers of the P.. V. & C, the Lake Erie and the 
Monongahela railroads, at the new Pennsylvania Hotel. The tempting viands 
were prepared and served in royal style under the supervision of the genial 
host of the new hostelry, James H. Risbeck, and was a fitting climax to the 
completion of the road by Keller & Crossan and D. F. Keenan, the most 
prominent railroad builders in the country. 

The weather was perfect, every detail of the arrangements for the celebra- 
tion had been carried out to the letter; except that Judge Umble was master 
of ceremonies instead of Judge Re])i)ert who for some reason could not attend. 

I'ROGR.\M. 

10:30 a. m. — Concert by the Bulger Band, at Brownsville Station. 

12;00 noon — Lunches for visitors at the various hotels. 

2:00 p. m. — Public exercises at the Pennsylvania Hotel, with addresses as 
follows : 

Address by President George L. Moore in behalf of the Board of trade. 

Address by Burgess T. A. Jefferies in behalf of the ])eoy)le of the munici- 
palities. 



11'2 Proiirain of ( )])eniiig of the ^lon<>ii<;;ilifla Railroad 



Address by Gen'l Suj)!. J . B. Yohc, representing the P. cSr L. E. railway. 

Address b}'- Colonel Crawford in behalf of the P. R. R. 

Address by Major G. W. XefY in behalf of the county and the Monongahela 
Valley . 

Address by T. Jeff Duncan, Escj., of Washington, Pa. 

7:30 p. m. — Band concert at the Union Station. 

8:30 p.m. — Band concert at the Barr House. 

9:00 p. m. — Board of Trade ban(|uet at the Pennsybania Hotel, with Judge 
Umbel master of ceremonies. 

There was delightful music by the Bulger band throughout the day. The 
visiting railway men were met by a committee and entertained at luncheon 
at the Barr House. At 2:00 p. m. on the \eranda of the Pennsylvania Hotel, 
George L. Moore called the public meeting to order. He said in part: 

"We are met to celebrate what should have been done half a century 
ago. The historian, when asked A\hat has taken the first part in the develop- 
ment of this country will answer, ' transportation. ' There can be no growth 
without transportation. The lirst route was the river, the next the trail and 
stage line. Colonel Burd came over the trail made by Nemacolin near historic 
Redstone. Brownsville was laid otit and plotted as a town in 1784, Bridge- 
port in 1795. Bridgeport was incorporated by act of legislatiire Mar. 9, 1814, 
and Brownsville, Jan. 9, ISl.i. The Dunlap bridges were bviiU in 1794, 1809, 
1821 and 1835. The river bridge was built in 1833. Among our earliest 
industries was bocit building. The liitilding of the National Road was a 
historic event of 1818. Soon after this the place was offered railroad facilities 
by the B. &• (). but the offer was dec ined. A little later the Smithfield 
street bridge, Pittsburg, was built and placed so low that our shipping and 
manufacturing declined. Such, in brief, was our history. During no time 
have we actually retrograded. Farming and educational interests have been 
fostered and we have sent out some men who have held high positions. Our 
banking business has been a matter of great pride. We have furnished one 
of the most logical thinkers that the country has produced and another who 
now holds a national portfolio. We are met to celebrate an important event in 
our historj'. It is my wdsh to sec these old corporations united. We con- 
gratulate you, men of the Lake Eric, the P. R. R. and the Monongahela railroad 
on the manner in which you have cn'crcome many difficulties. " 

T. A. Jefferics, burgess of Bridgejiort, was introduced. He welcomed the 
visitors in the name of the towns. He said: 

"Representatives of the various railroads and my fellow-citizens: It has 
been said that we are met to celebrate what ovight to have been done 50 years 
ago. We feel joyful and with cause. The railways have given an imptilse 
to business, and property which a few years ago went begging, now is locked 
up at most prohibitive prices. Why should we not celebrate? The day is 
passed when it was considered no hardship to straddle a horse and ride miles 
over the country. Gentlemen of the railroads, we recognize your difficulties 
and are grateful to you. We are also pleased that the river route was chosen 
rather than one farther inland that would have damaged the place even more. 
We recognize the work of the right-f)f-way man and his difficulties. Our 



Progress of Opening of ]MonongalieIa Railroad 



113 




Great Curve on Monongahela Railroad 



troubles are over and we welcome and congratulate you. The town is yours. 
We are sorry the president of the M. R. R. cannot be here but we are pleased 
over his personal interests and glad of the choice of such courteous men in 
charge of the road's interests. We are especially suited with Mr. Ermire and 
are ready to join hands with him." 

Mr. Jefferies mentioned J. C. Grooms, C. S. Pringle and other townsmen 
who have been chosen for railway positions as specially fitted for the places. 

J. B. Yohe, general superintendent of the Lake Erie then replied for his 
road. He said: 

" I am unaccustomed to pniblic speaking and were it not for the fact that 
I am among so many old friends, I would hesitate to address you. Inasmuch, 
however, as on the banks of this river I first saw steamboats as they plied 
the Monongahela ri\-cr, and note the improved methods of transportation and 
the wonderful de\-elopment of your community, why sln)uld I not feel at 
home ? 

"As one of President Schoonmaker's lieutenants and as an official of the 
Pittsburg and Lake Erie railroiid conipany, I acknowledge with grateful 
thanks the hearty welcome and splendid ovation tendered us here today. I 
know that it will be a difficult task indeed for us to meet or even approach the 



114 SuperinteiulLiil J. B. Yoke's Speech 



splendid service afforded you by our friends and neighbors, the Pennsyl- 
vania railroad. I would ask for no prouder distinction for the Pittsburg and 
Lake Erie Railroad Company than to have you say for us that our service 
mcasvired up to that of the Pennsylvania railroad. It is largely due to the 
personal efforts of my friend Colonel Crawford and his able assistant, Mr. 
Taylor, that you are today enjoj-ing the facilities afforded by two great 
railroads. 

"The work of extending oin- lines from Fayette City to your territory has 
been a difficult task, but through the pluck and energy of mn" management 
our hopes are today fully realized and we bring to your commercial world, a 
modern railroad, one fully eciuippcd to meet all conditions, furnishing you 
13,630 miles of railroad, having forined a connection with our system, tmder 
a working arrangement, whereby your products may be speedily and safely 
transported. 

"This new railroad whose coinpletion you are welcoming today will be an 
important factor in your industrial development. Coal, which for years has 
remained unde\-eloped, will he opened up and on what are now pasture 
fields there will soon be built great rows of coke ovens. Towns will be built, 
indvistries encouraged and your towns will enjoy and reap the benefits and 
advantages of the great improvements thus made. 

"The operations of this road will be supervised by Mr. John Ermire, one 
of your own fellow- townsmen and well known to you all. He is one ol the 
best known transportation men in the country thoroughly familiar with your 
local conditions, courteoixs and kind and understanding all the wants of your 
people. He will endeavor to see that they are fully met. 

"We extend to you our hand in grateful acknowledgment of the broad- 
minded spirit of co-operation with which you have received us. " 

Colonel Crawford, chief engineer of construction of the P. R. R. replied 
for that line. He said: 

"When the New York Central interests met Mr. Cassatt the qtiestion for 
a route for the railway extension here was quickly settled. As a inark of 
progress, I note that 52 years ago ,f20 would buy an acre of coal. Now $600 
is the lowest price Mr. Grooins can get it for from our best friends. Every- 
thing comes to him who waits. There is no telling what may be accomplished. 
I ho])e to come back in twenty years and find even greater sur])rises. You 
are surrounded l)y alunit 30 coal and coke ])lants with thirty million of 
dollars in\'ested and a j.)ay roll of a million a month. Now is the time to ])lan 
sanitary sewerage and a pure water su]5])lv for the future so you can reach otit 
and take care of the industries. " 

Major G. W. Neff , the Tenth Regiment veteran, was called tipon. He paid 
tribute to the Three Towns' history. The first engine and boat that plied the 
waters to New Orleans took a Brownsville cargo and was built in Bridgeport 
in 1814. He said; 

"If I owned the Monongahela Valley I wcnildn't trade it for any kingdom 
in Europe. Untold millions lie dormant here. Your people ha\-e always been 
ingeniotis and enterprising." 

At night the first annual Board of Trade dinner in honor of the visiting 



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railway men was gi\'cn. Landlord Risbcck' served a tine menu. More than 
one hundred jiersons sat down to the banquet in the elegant dining room of 
the new hotel. President Moore of the Board introduced the toastmaster of 
the evening, Judge Umble, who announced the formal speeches between 
courses. The judge is a tactful master of ceremonies and each theme was 
enriched with a good story. Mr. L. A. Robison, general ].)assenger agent of 
the P. & L. E., was the first speaker. He adniitted that he represented the 
spectacular element of railroading but took the credit of first placing Browns- 
ville on the railway map. His department fights the people's battles and he 
asks for cordial co-operation to make the local station and service the best 
possible. 

J. B. Yohe expressed the thanks of the railway men for the dinner tendered 
them and voiced their admiration fur the lieautiful, new hotel. At 11 ]).m. 
the special train was scheduled to leave and the railroaders had to go without 
enjoying the greater part of the dinner. Attorney Wooda N. Carr, of Union- 
town spoke humorously and elocjuently of the "Past, present and future of 
Fayette County. " He said nothing was dearer to him than the Monongahela 
valley. He considered Fayette the greatest county in the greatest state. 

T. JetT Duncan of Washington, Pa., spoke of "The boys of Brownsville." 
He held that events rather than men make history and he related some of the 
notable events of his bovhood here. 



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Hon. L. F. ArensbeT<:f resjiondcd to tlu- toast "The greatest state in the 
Union." He tohl of the state's mar\'eloiis strength in resources. 

W. E. Crow spoke of " Things I saw at Atlantic City. " 

Major Neflf spoke on the Tenth Regiment. 

Chas. F. Kefcn^er, Es(|., and Attorney (jcorge JelTcries of Uniontown spoke 
of county and local themes and the mellowt'd words flowed like honey from 
the lips of these well-known orators. 

The Pennsylvania Hotel, though not in eomjjlete order nor fully furnished, 
was in splendid array for the banquet and Mr. Risbcck, proprietor, and R. L. 
Aubrey, owner, received many compliments on the success achieved. 

The P. & L. E. officials and rejiresentatix'es included J. B. 'S'ohe, general 
superintendent of transiiortation : C. H. Bronson, L. A. Rol)ison, L. H. 
Turnier, R. Evans. W. A. Terry, J. A. Atw(M)d, C. L. Gist, J. C. Grooms, 
Myron Wood and R. M. Fulton. Colonel Crawford and Engineer Taylor 
represented the P. R. R., and John Ermirc, superintendent of the M. R. R. 
also was present. 

Among those present from down the river, were noted, from Belle Vernon, 
C. F. Eggers, E. L. Sears, R. J. Linton, vSamuel Jones, M, J. Clifford, C. L. 
Donahoe, T. O. Xichols, T- B. Biles. Dr. ]. S. Van Voorhis, John Irons, ]. A. 



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Cook and L. M. Truxall, of the Enterprise; President Noss of the California 
Normal and Editor Moses of the "Sentinel;" from Charleroi, Sam Todd: from 
Monessen, P. E. Donner and W. C. Fishburn. 



ALONG THE MONONGAHELA LLNE. 



The following are the names of the stations along the Monongahela line 
from Brownsville Junction to Redstone Junction near Lhiiontown, a distance 
of about 72 niiles including the spurs that run out from a numl)er of ])laces: 



Brownsville Junction 

Brownsville 

Bridgeport 

Lqck No. o 

Rush Run 

Big Meadow Run 

Maxwell 

LaBelle 

Fredericktown 

East Millsboro 

Rices Landing 

Arensberg 

East Riverside 



Gates 

Lambert 

Gates 

Huron 

Ronco 

Masontown 

Grays Landing 

Martin 

Grays Landing 

Infield 

Grays Landing 

Masontown 

Ronco 



Huron 

Lardin 

Moser Run Junction 

Edenborn 

Moser Rvm Junction 

Leckrone 

Ache Junction 

Footedale 

New Salem 

Footedale 

Ache Junction 

Redstone Junction 



It will be observed that several of the stations are repeated. These are 
points where the train leaves the main line running out branches and re- 
turning to the Junction station. Ache Junction on the Coal Lick end of the 
line is under the Monongahela jurisdiction. 

Concrete culverts wide enough for two tracks have been constructed all 
along the line and the hvmdred-foot right of way traverses one of the prettiest 
and most promising valleys on earth. Cokes is the thing and it is no longer 
Peaceful Valley. Already thousands of ovens are smoking and in other 
places the long rows of furnaces are in place or being started. The devclop- 
inent is on a scale that is almost beyond comprehension. 

LaBelle is making coke and extensions go busily forward. 

At Millsboro a water tank has been placed with a windmill and S H. P. 
Morse gasoline pumping engine. 

The Hustead-Semans Coke company has started digging a slope at this 
point and has a force of surveyors and laborers on the ground. 

McLane's Ferry is the site of a new brewery. Two coke plants appear 
near that point. The Rivcrview company is on the right with 400 ovens 
and the Masontown Coal and Coke company on the left of the track going up. 
The Cats Run branch of the Pennsylvania meets the Monongahela line at that 
point. The Coal Lick and Lambert branches, still further above, also join 
the valley route. 

Gates is the location of the American Steel and "Wire company's coal plant 
with a great, modern equipment for shaft mining and loading by rail or river. 




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Connellsville Central Railroad Bridge Across Dunlap's Creek 

No. 2 is located at Martin. From that point Greensboro lies across the 
river and New Geneva is in sight. Bessemer No. 1 lies back a short distance 
and has 400 ovens; No. 2 has over 500 planned in all. The Griffin Coke 
Works lie just over the hill. The task of building a stone power house. 
sinking a shaft and laying a coal lit^e at Martin, is now tmdcr way. The 
Geneva Coke Company is another factor there. From Cats Run the smoke 
from Griffin can be seen. The Jacobs Creek Coal coinpany's location is just 
below No. 7 and there is also a Riverview No. 2. No. 3 is planned but not 
started. 

The new i^oad is not a mistake; it has been admirably planned; it is in the 
hands of men who have experience and skill with the enthusiasm of youth; 
it has found a mountain of business, much of which will benefit the Three 
Towns and their business men if they are alive to opportunity. 

Many old homesteads in the valley are cjuiet places no longer. The resi- 
dents must seek other homes and country seats or become a part of the new 
order. Yet the smoke and bustle will be a benefit, not a curse, for it will 
make one of the finest home m.arkets and develop the resources of the hills 
as long as coal lasts and there is a demand for it. 

THE CONNELLSVILLE CENTRAL. 



The Connellsville Central, now building, will connect with the Monongahela 
railroad at BrownsN'ille and penetrates a field rich in coal that is being rapidly 



120 The Coniicllsvilk- Central 



developed. It will only be about nine miles long when completed, but "ivill 
be one of the best feeders of the Monongahela road that it has. It will have 
no adverse grades the niaximvmi grade for two miles out of Browns\'ille being 
only .75 per eent. and the balance of the road is practically level. The 
maximum curvature is se\"en j)er cent., and the roadbi'fl will be as solid as 
adamant. 

Tlure are six immense coal and coke ]ilants al(jn,<^ the line now ready for op- 
eration or in course of construction. They are the Bufhngton which is the 
jjroperty of the Frick Coke Co.; the Low^ Phos. Coal and Coke Works, the 
Orient Coal and Coke Co., the Brier Hill Coke Co., the Connellsville Coke Co., 
and the Union Coke Co.. llu' last twd named being the property of the Re- 
public Iron Works. 

Robert W. Taylor, assistant engineer of the P, R. R. and engineer in charge 
of the construction of the Connellsville Central expects the road to be com- 
pleted by the first of January, 1905. He has certainly done a lot of fine 
work on this road and the Monongahela railroad and is one of the most valued 
men the P. R. R. has. 

As soon as the road is opt-n to traffic it will take at the least calculation 400 
cars per day to carry the coal and cnkv out of the region tajijied l)y this short 
branch. 



THE .M.\X WHO FIRST PROPOSED THE UNIOX ]'.\C1FIC. 

Many ])ublie men bask in borrowed light, and in no instance is this proposi- 
tion more signally illustrated than in the case of Hon. Thos. H. Benton, w-ho 
as history records, is the accredited father of the Pacific Railroad. Men of 
triK' moral and intellectual worth, are more often modest and unassuming, 
and while deserving the gratitude of their fellow-men live in obscurity, and 
go to their reward, hardly known outside the village in which fortune 
cast their lot. Such a man was John Wilgus (grandfather of T. B. Wilgus of 
Morgantow'n, W. Va.) thi' man who above all others, is entitled to the credit 
and honor, of originating the idea of a railroad to the Pacific Ocean. 

Coining from New Jersey in 1806, he located in the comparatively obscure 
town of Perryopolis, Fayette County, Pa. He very early gave promise of 
having a more than ordinarily bright intellect. Poverty and a lack of schools 
stood in his pathway, but his insat,iable desire for learning was tnly limited 
by insurmotmtable obstacles, incident to a new settkment on the border. 
The Bible was his companion from his youth, and in his manhood and de- 
clining years, he who sovight controversy on religious dogmas, mtist come fully 
armed and et|uipped. He had examined in detail all controverted points, 
read all the standard authors on Bible lore, memorized whole chapters and 
books of the Bible, and from studies and researches in various departments, 
calling here and there, logic and analogy, and with a memory never at fault, 
when a topic was once scanned, he was a formidable opponent. 

In the '40's, while yet a young man, he conceived the idea of a railroad to 
the Pacific, and this, when railroads were not out of their swaddling clothes 



The Man Who First Proposed the I'nion Pacific 121 

but in their infancy; before mountains had been scaled and rivers spanned. 
He contemplated and suggested congressional aid b)^ suggesting that the 
government give a ten-mile-wide strip of ptiblic land along each line of the 
stirveyed route; laying the road out, so as to run through the county seats 
of successive counties ; the eastern terminvis to be the western shore of Lake 
Superior, near the present site of Duluth. Also that it should cross the 
Rockies where the present road crosses, and its western terminus be the 
Bay of vSan Francisco. 

Drawing a map and jjlan of his proposed railroad, he wrote a letter detailing 
the plans and niethods, the reasons for the same, and forwarded the whole to 
Hon. Andrew Stewart who was then a member of Congress from Uniontown, 
Pa. The plans and details were shown to a nu.mber of Congressmen, who 
were favorably impressed, but thouglit it advisable to have any proposition 
relating thereto, come from a western man. Accordingly Senator Benton 
who was nearing the zenith of his glory, was selected. He arose in his place 
in the Senate on the following day and proposed the building of a road to the 
Pacific. 

In the later years of Mr. Stewart's life he wrote a letter to Mr. Wilgus rec- 
ognizing him as the first to propose the road, and complimenting him upon 
the grand consvimmation of his early hopes, as the road was, at the time Mr. 
Stewart wrote, nearly completed. 

It is related of Mr. Wilgus, that he used to sit in his office, in the then littel 
village of Perryopolis, and entertain a score or more of young men, who had 
learned to love and respect him for his ready and profovmd answers to all 
kinds of questions. He was a very entertaining conversationalist and his 
character for integrity was unimpeachable. "Why," the reader may ask, 
"did he not make himself known?" Simply because he was modest. Com- 
plimented on his great learning and intellectvial grasp, by the learned of his 
time, urging hirn to preach, practice medicine or the law, from time to time, he 
preferred to keep on attaining the highest of knowledge, and then, as if 
despising the dross and empty honors of earthly success, he sought the com- 
panionship of children wIkt were delighted to call him "Grand-pap." Such 
a man proposed the building of the Pacific Railroad. 

LETTER OF "TARIFF" ANDY STEWART. 

The Wilgus family have the original letter above referred to, written by 
Hon. A. Stewart. We present a ]5art of it: 

Uniontown. Pa., June 25, 1SG9. 
John Wilgus, Esqr., Br(_)wnsville, Pa. 

Dear Sir: I have jvist reed, your letter of yesterday, inclosing com- 
munication to the "Commerciar' of Pittsburg, in reference to a con-c- 
spondence between us relative to the "Pacific Railroad" between 20 and 30 
years ago. I have a perfect recollection of having numerous letters from you 
urging me as a member of the committee on railroads and canals, to call the 
attention of Congress to this stibject in which you tfHik so much interest. 



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I. filer of "TarilT" Andv vStewart 



Your first route was from Lake Michigan, by the Cokimbia River, to the 
Pacific, but after the acquisition of CaHfornia, you changed it from St. Louis 
to San Francisco. Of this route, you sent me a very handsome map, following, 
according to my recollection, very nearly the route on which the road has 
lately been built, which map I had suspended in \hv Hall of the House of 
Representatives, for the inspection of :Tiembers. 

I drew up a resolution authorizing the President to employ a corps of 
engineers of the U. S. Army. U) examine and report the practicability of the 
proposed project, which resokition I submitted to a number of members of 
Congress, especially to those of the west, who were most favorably disposed. 
Upon consideration and reflection, however. I eoneludid that the resolution 
had better be first offered in the Senate, that being a smaller body, and where 
smaller western states were comparatively much stronger than in the House. 
I therefore took the resolution, with your map, to the Senate where I was 
advised by those friendly to the project, to hand the yjapers to Senator Benton 
of Missouri. 1 did so and he promised to attend to the matter. 

I advised you of this arrangement with ^\■hich you expressed yourself 
satisfied and said you would write Benton on the subject. He afterwards 
informed me that you had done so. 

Should I find anything further material to your inquiry, 1 will let you know. 

Very respectfully your friend. 

Ax DREW Stewart. 




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Biographies of Some of the 
Railroad Officials. 



Col. James M. Sciiooxmaker, though a native and rcsitlcnt of Pittsburg, 
was once largely interested in the development of the vast coal and coke 
interests in Fayette Cotmty, and his popularity here, and prominent position 
in the management of the railroads, that have done so much for Fayette 
County and are still advancing her interests, makes special mention of him 
in this work, most a].)propriate. 

James Schoonn:iaker, the father of Colonel Schoonmaker, moved to Pitts- 
burg from Ulster County, New York, in 183G, where he entered the drug 
business when btit twenty- three years of age. In 1841, he married Miss Mary 
Stockton, a daughter of Rev. Joseph Stockton of Pittsburg. To this union 
there were born nine children, five sons and four daughters, James M. being 
the oldest. 

In 1862 Mr. Schoonmaker received his commission as colonel being then 
only a little over twenty years of age and believed to be the youngest oiBcer of 
his rank in the I'ederal army. Colonel Schoonmaker Avas conspicuous for his 
activity and liravery throughout the war, taking part in the campaign in the 
Shenandoah Valley with the army of the Shenandoah under Phil. Sheridan 
during the fall of 1S()4. 

After the war Colonel Schoonmaker returned to civil life and was for a 
number of years actively engaged in the coal and coke business w4th his 
father-in-law, William H. Brown, but of late years has devoted himself almost 
exclusively to railroad btisiness, more extended mention of which is made 
under the head of "Railroads and Transportation,"' in connection with the 
Pittsburg & Lake Erie. 

Colonel Schoonmaker is Vice President of the P. & L. E., President of 
the McKeesport & Yottghiogheny, and also President of the Monongahela 
Railroad, the new line just opened U]) into the Klondike. He is a man of 
remarkable executive ability, phenomenal energy and is very popular in 
railroad circles and there is perhaps not a man among the army of his sub- 
ordinates who is not an enthusiastic admirer of the Colonel. There is no 
discord or dissension in the ranks of his men and it is to this as well as to 
Colonel Schoonmaker's unquestioned ability, that the P. & L. E. and the 
other roads with which he is connected, owe their poj)ularity and success. 

Colonel Schoonmaker is a director of the Union Trust Company and also 
a director of a nvimber of other like iinancial institutions of Pittsburg. He 
has a palatial residence at the corner of Ellsworth and Morewood avenues. 
East End, Pittsburg, where he and his family reside. He also has a fine 
cottage in Spring Lake. N. J., where they usually spend the summi-r. 

Joseph U. Crawford was born at Ury Farm, Philadcljihia, August 25, 
1842, and educated at John W. Faires' school, from which he went to the 
L'^niversity of Pennsylvania in the class of 1862. 

He enlisted and went out with the Washington Grays of Philadelphia in 



•24 Robert W. Taylor, Jr. 



April, 1861; was appointed Second Lieutenant of Company B, Sixth New- 
Jersey, September, 1S61: was made First Lieutenant of the same company 
at the battle of Williamsbtirg, May o, 18(52; Captain Company A, Sixth New 
Jersey, at the battle of Seven Pines, June, 1S()2; engineer officer, field fortifica- 
tions. General Hooker's staff, at Fair Oaks, ujxm the Peninsula, in 1802; 
served with his company as captain through the Pope and Gettysburg 
campaigns; engineer officer on Major-General Gershom Mott's staff through 
the Wilderness, Spottsylvania, and Petersburg campaigns, and was honorably 
mentioned in United States Army Reports for good conduct at Seven Pines, 
1802, and Morton's Ford in 1863. 

He followed engineering since the war, and was first identified with the 
Pennsylvania railroad system as Senior Assistant Engineer of the Alex- 
andria & Fredericksbtirg railroad during 1871 and 1872. He was Principal 
Assistant Engineer, and afterwards Engineer, of the California Division of 
the Texas &- Pacific railroad under Col. Thomas A. Scott, and on his recom- 
mendation Mr. Crawford was ajjpointed consulting engineer to the govern- 
ment of lapan in 1878, at the close of which engagement he was decorated by 
the Emperor of Japan with the Order of the Rising Sun. 

After his return to America he was employed by the late Jay Gould to 
make transcontinental examinations and stirveys between the Pacific coast 
and Salt Lake City, as well as in Wyoming and Nebraska Territories. 

Tn the fall of 1882 he again entered the service of the Pennsylvania railroad 
com])anv as Chief Engineer of the Pennsylvania Schuylkill \'alley railroad, 
and built the Piedmont and Cumberland railroad in 18S6 and 1887. He was 
appointed assistant to Mr. J. N. DuBarry, Second Vice President of the 
Pennsvlvania railroad company, in August, 1889, and. u]i(in the death of 
that officer, was ajjpointed Engineer of Branch Lines. 

In addition to the above positions he is a director of various comjjanies 
associated with the Pennsylvania system. 

He was appointed Chief Engineer of the Southwestern and Atlantic rail- 
road company, now the Norfolk and Porstmouth Belt Line railroad company, 
and the New York, Philadel])hia and Norfolk Railroad com])any. on the 28th 
of July, 1897. 

U])on the recommendation of IMr. Frank Thomson, then President of the 
Pennsvlvania railroad company, he was a])]:)ointe(l l)y the Secretary of War, 
Consulting Engineer for the United States Go\ernment to examine into and 
report upon the transportation facilities in Cuba, which position he hild from 
October, 1898, to May, 1899. 

The standing of Colonel Crawford as a civil engineer, and the confidence in 
his su]:)erior ability, is shown by the great Pennsylvania Railrc^ad company 
in the fact that he has charge of all new lines constructed liy that ecnijiany 
or in which that company is interested. He is chief engineer of the Monon- 
gahi'la River road and the Connellsville Central. 



Robert W. T.wi.or. Jr., was born in Muskegon, Michigan, July 4, 1872, 
and is a son of R. W. and Josephine (Chollette) Taylor. While he was yet 
tpnte young his parents moved to Chicago and it was in the schools of that 



Joseph C. (yrooms 125 



<nty that he received his early education. He afterwards took a course in 
the Toledo (Ohio) Manual Training School and at LaFayette College, Easton, 
Pa. 

After completing his education he accepted a position with the Lehigh 
Valley railroad as draftsman, where he remained from 1894 to 1897. His 
office was located at Delano. Pa. From 1897 to 1899 he was assistant 
engineer of the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton railroad with headquarters 
at Cincinnati. He then accepted the position of assistant engineer in charge 
of construction on the Lackawanna railroad with headqviarters at Hoboken. 
N. J., where he remained till some time during 1900 when he went to the B. & 
O. as assistant engineer with head(|uartcrs at Baltimore. He remained here 
till 1901 when he accepted his present jjosition, that of assistant engineer of 
tlie P. R. R. Mr. Taylor was engineer in charge of construction for the 
Monongahela railroad and occufjies the same position on the Connells\-ille 
Central and deserves great credit for the excellent \\'ork done on the Monon- 
gahela railroad and on the Connellsville Central in and arotind the Three 
Towns. 

Noveml)er 14, 1895, Mr. Taylor married Miss Sara B. Wenner, daughter of 
Reuben and Elizabeth (Walton) Wenner. They have two children, Eliza- 
beth and Evlyn A. Taylor. 

While Mr. Taylor is yet a youn,g man he stands high in railroad circles and 
is rapidly winning his way to dcserx'ed' prominence. 



Joseph C. Grooms, the subject of this sketch, is one of our self-made men. 
and it is with pleasure and justifiable pride that we include a short sketch 
of his remarkably successful career among those of other prominent men of 
the Three Towns. Perhaps no greater or more deserved mark of respect can 
be shown Mr. Grooms than by quoting the following from the Pittsburgh 
Press in its report of the grand opening and gala day held in Browns\-ille at 
the formal opening of the Monongahela Railroad for traffic. Of that oc- 
casion the Press says: 

"The official in whom the citizens of Brownsville and Bridgeport felt 
most greatly and directly interested, and whom they did their best to royally 
entertain, was Joseph C. Grooms, the Land and Claim Agent of the Pitts- 
burgh & Lake Erie Company. Mr. Grooms is probably as well known in the 
Monongahela Valley as any other railroad man. His biography is largely 
a history of the construction of railroads in this N'alley, and having been 
born and raised in Brownsville, the residents feel that the bringing of a 
railroad to Brownsville, and through to points beyond, is largely the result 
of Mr. Groom's personal efforts." 

He is a son of the k^te Dr. Jas. B. Grooms, and was born at Carmichels, 
Pa., March 7th, 1859. and came to Brownsville in 18()(), where he entered the 



126 Joseph C. ("f rooms 



public schools, taking the fvill covirse, and afterwards attending the Eden- 
hurg State Normal, and for se\-eral years taught in the ])ublic schools. 

He got an early taste for bvisiness in selling newspapers which at tlial time 
were brought to Brownsville on the (jld packet lines, where he wovild get thein 
at four o'clock in the mornint,' Id be distributed among his various customers. 
After this he was connected with numerous enter])rises. 

When the Pennsylvania Railroad was eom])lete(l to West Brownsville in 
1881, he went into the office under Mr. W, A. Coburn, as clerk. From this 
position he was promoted to that of agent for the same eomi)any at East Eliza- 
beth station, where he remained until llu' McKeesjxirt and Bi'lle Vernon 
Railroad was constructed. 

This road did not do much business at lirst and had a hard struggle for 
existence for a time. Mr. Grooms cultivated the acquaintance of the offi- 
cials of this new road, and later, when they offered him the position of General 
Passenger and Freight Agent, his friends thought it would be an injudicious 
move for him to relinquish the opportunities for advancement with a great 
system like the Pennsylvania for the not o\-er-brilliant prospects and pos- 
sibilities of the new road, but Mr. Grooms did not think so, and accepted the 
position. As the titled official of a new road he soon came in contact with 
other railroad officials, among them ("ol. j. M. Schoonmaker and ex-Judge 
J. H. Reed. Their associations soon warmed into a friendship that has ever 
since continued, and a short time afterwards, when the McKeesport & Belle 
Vernon R. R. was taken over by the P. cv L. E. R. R.. Mr. Grooms was made 
General Agent in the Monongahela and \'oughiogheny Valleys of the latter 
corporation, and in 189.") was appointed to the position of Eand and Claim 
Agent of that company, which office he still holds with credit, both to him- 
self and the company. 

When the Pittsbvirg and Lcxke Erie and the Pennsylvania, determined to 
build the Monongahela railroad, Mr. Grooms was selected to purchase the 
right of way through this section of the country and particularh^ through the 
Three Towns. Owing to the vast amount of valuable property that had to 
be botight, particularly through the "Neck" in Brownsville and further 
down the river, this was a Hurculean task, but no better man than Mr. Grooms 
covild ha\-e been found. It certainly speaks volumes for him to state the 
fact that notwithstanding the extent and vakie of the property the railroad 
had to have, up to the present time but one lawstiit has resulted. While 
he is an affable and pleasant gentleman, he is active and ever alert to the 
interests of the corporation he represents. 

He is a thirty-second degree Mason, a Shriner, and a member of the M. E. 
Church. He is also a director of the Fourth National Bank of Pittsburg. 

In 1884 Mr. Grooms was married to Miss Jessie Ferguson, and tiny went 
to housekeeping in West Elizabeth. He now lives in the Oakland district, 
Pittsburg. Init has never forgotten his old friends nor the scenes of his early 
days. 

Mr. Grooms is not only ijopular with the ]ieo])le but stands high with the 
officers of the P. & L. E. and in railroad circles generally. 



George Dorsey — John Erniire 127 

George Dorsey is one of Washington County's most prominent and most 
liighly respected citizens. He was born in East Bethlehem Township, that 
county, November 11, 1833, and is a son of James and Elizabeth (Elder) 
Dorsey who came to AVashington County from Maryland in an early day. 
His grandparents were both born near Elicastle City which is about twenty 
miles from Baltimore, and came across the mountains and settled in Wash- 
ington County in 1782, locating on 1,500 acres of land (a tomahawk claim) 
375 acres of which Mr. Dorsey still owns. 

Mr. Dorsey received his education principally in the West Brownsville 
schools and has followed farming, stock-raising and trafficking in wool and 
coal all his life except such time as he has devoted of late to railroading being 
now one of the right-of-way men for the P. R. R., the Monongahela railroad 
and the Connellsville Central. His sons now run the farm. 

January 1, 1854, Mr. Dorsey married Miss Martha Phillips, a daughter of 
Solomon and Mariah (Garrett) Phillips. To this union there were born nine 
children, six of whom died in infancy. The living are Mariah Elizabeth, 
now the wife of W. S. Grimes who resides in East Pike Run Township, Wash- 
ington County, Pa,.Cashius A. and Charles I., who as before stated now live 
upon and run the hoine farm. The two sons married sisters, daiaghtcrs of 
Mr. and Mrs. John Watkins. 



JuHX Ermire, the present efficient sujjcrintendent of the Monongahela 
railroad, with headquarters in Brownsville, is a native of Pennsyh"ania and 
was born in Wilmore, Cambria County. He is a son of Peter and Mary 
(O'Neil ) Erniire, and was educated in the public schools of his native borough. 
He early evinced a taste ffir railroading and at the age of twelve years, learned 
telegraphy at the station of his home town. He held his first position where 
he had learned the business, in 1872. Subsequently he held the position of 
operator at Johnstown, Irwin, Derry Station and was promoted to yard- 
master on the P., V. & C. at Thompson, in October, 1883. 

The next position to which Mr. Ermire was called was that of yardmastcr 
and assistant trainmaster of the Southwestern Pennsylvania railroad at 
TJniontown being later promoted to train dispatcher on the Pennsylvania 
railroad at Altoona. July 1, 1900, he was again promoted, this time being 
made assistant trainmaster of the Monongahela division of the P. R. R. 
(South Side) , later coming to West Brownsville. 

When the Monongahela railroad was opened up for traffic, without any 
expectation on his part or anj' effort for such a consummation. Col. J. M. 
Schoonmaker, President of the road, tendered him the position of Super- 
intendent of the new road, which he accepted. The position was tendered 
Mr. Ermire by Colonel Schoonmaker, as a sur])rise, he having arranged the 
whole matter with the other officers of the P. R. R. at Philadelphia. It was a 
merited mark of approval and one of which Mr. Ermire may well feel proud. 

Some years ago Mr. Ermire was married to Miss I\Iary Moran. daughter of 
Captain John and Ellen (Owens) Moran of Plollidaysburg, Pennsylvania. 
In August, 1902 they moved to Brownsville where thev still reside. 



128 Harry \V. Shank— \V. A. Cobiirn 

Harry W. Shank was born at Renova, Centre County, Pennsylvania, 
February 17. ISTo and is a son of Jacob and Annie E.(Irvin) Shank. He 
recei\'ed his early education in the Eagle\-ille and Beech Creek schools and 
afterwards took a course in civil engineering in the International Correspond- 
ence schools, at Scranton, Pa. 

In IcS'.tl he accepted a pnsition as telegrajih ()])erator on the Beech Creek 
railroad where he remained till 1893 when he went l'> the Mdnongahi'la 
Division of the T. R. R. in \SW he was jjromoted to train dispatcher on 
the same road, wliich jiosition he lilled in the most satisfactory manner till 
1903 when he was given the position of trainmaster on the Mnnongahela 
railroad with headcjuarters at Brownsville. 

Mr. Shank is a popular young man, in railroad as well as in social circles 
and no dovibt has a brilliant career before- him. August 15, 1897, he married 
Miss Clara M. Hayes, a -[xjjjular and accomplished young lady of Pittsburg. 
They have one child, a little daughter, Edna, and reside in Bridgeport, Pa. 



W, A. CoBtRN who is at present and has for many years been station agent 
of the P., V. & C. at West Brownsville, was born in Monroe, Pennsylvania, 
August 24. 1S49, but his ]iarents moxed to Bridgcj^ort when he was cjuite 
small and it was liere that he received his education under such teachers as 
Gibbons, Langdon and Horner who were considered the best and most pro- 
gressive teachers of their day. He is a son of Gary D. and Phoebe (Ran- 
dolph) Coburn. For some timi' he conducted a mercantile business in the 
building that is now the P., V. & C. Railroad depot. 

Mr. Coburn learned tlie cabinetmaking trade under Isaac Ste\ens in 
Frankfort Springs, Pennsylvania, and continued in that bvisiness for seven 
years when he returned to Brownsville and again entered the mercantile 
business having a shoe stort' in the " Neck. " In connection with this he also 
handled the business for the Adams F>xpress Company. 

In 1880 he accepted a position with the Pennsylvania Railroad Conijiany 
as express messenger and to handle the freight between Belle Vernon and 
Brownsville. This was before there was any passenger traffic opened u]i on 
the road. May 15, 1881 he was appointed station agent at West Brownsville, 
which position he has continuously held since then. He was also for a time 
in charge of the scales of the P., V. & C. at West Brownsville Jvmction. 

About twenty-three years ago he married Miss Martha B. Porter a daughter 
of Elias and Margaret (KelU-y) Porter of Rostra\-er Townshi]!. Westmoreland 
County, Pennsylvania. They now reside in Bridgeport. 



C. S. pRixoi.i-: is a son of J. S. and vSarah fallen (.Snider) Pringle and was 
born in West Brownsville, Washington County, Pa., July 10, 18(')4, and 
educated in the West Brownsville schools which at that time were under the 
efficient management of Prof. E. W. Dalbey and wen- eiiual to any high school 
in the Monongahela x'allev. 



C. S. Pringle 129 

After completing his education, Mr. Pringle went to work in his father's 
boat yards in West Brownsville, where he continued for three years. He 
then worked at the same business for Axton & Pringle when the jtartnershijj 
was formed Ijy Pringle and Axton, after which he commenced working for 
the P. R. R. first taking a position on the construction train. When that train 
was taken off the road, he returned to the boat yards where he remained 
some time and then accepted the position of warehouseman at the West 
Brownsville station of the P. R. R. or what is more familiarly known as the 
P., V. &: C, asstiming the duties of that position in December, 1888. He 
continued in this position till July 6, 1903 when he was appointed agent at 
the Union station, Brownsville where he is joint agent for the P., V. 8: C, the 
P. & L. E. and the Monongahela railroad. 

Mr. Pringle is not only popular in railroad circles but in church and lodge 
as well. He has been an active and consistent memljer oi the Ctmiberland 
Presbj^terian church since 1879 and a nieniber of the choir for the last twenty- 
one years. He is a Tuember of the Royal Arcanmn, the B. P. O. E., the Jr. 
O. U. A. M., the K. of P. and the Modern Woodmen of America. 

November 20, 1895 he married Miss Elizabeth E. Duerner, a daughter of 
William and Mary (StoU) Duerner of Titusville, Crawford County. Pennsyl- 
vania. They have no children. 




HON. JAMIvS C. ULAINJ-;. 




lioni at West lir<j\\iis\illc. Washington Conntv . I'a.. Januar\- 31. 1.S30. 



lie, Bridgeport and West Brownsville, 




^e Towns," by which we mean Brownsville and Bridgeport ( Cad- 
W'ashington county, Pennsylvania, situated on either bank of the 
e picture was taken from the hill overlookino- the Roman Catholic 
od advantage , it is the best view that it is possible to procure, owing- 
re before Pittsburg was thought of, and many of our older citizens 
'ittsburg was established that it could not amount to much because it 
proved a fallacy, and while we retrograted, or at least did not ad- 
he greatest manufacturing cities in the world. Last year, however, 
come the "Mecca" of this, the richest and busiest valley in the world. 



The Historic Old Towns of Browns\ 




THE abo\e engraving was made from a photograph of the ''Tl 
wallader P. O. ) in Fayette county, and West Brownsville, i 
beautiful Alonongahela river, 60 miles south of Pittsburg. 
Church in Brownsville, and while it does not show up the towns to 
to the mountainous formation of the landscape. There was a town 
say it was common talk among the wiseacres in the early days when 
was too far from Brownsville. Of course, we all know their prophe 
vance, Pittsburg went forward with giant strides, and today is one o 
our good old towns seemed to awaken to action, and now promise to 



History of the Three Towns 

Location and Description — Early Settlers and Business Men — Steam- 
boat AND Keel-Boat Building — History of the Old Wooden Bridge 
— The Monongahela National Bank — Newspaper Enterprises — 
Long List of Pioneer Manufacturing Industries — Biography and 
Pictures of I\L\ny Prominent Citizens in the Past and Present — 
History of the Distilling Business — First and Present Borough 
Officials With Biography and Pictures — Large Map of the Three 
Towns — Interesting Reminiscences. 

SKETCH OF THE THREE TOWNS. 

Nestled among the hills of P"ayette County, on the banks of the historic Mo- 
nongahela river, Brownsville on the one side of the no less historic Neniacolin 
creek (now called Dunlap's creek) and Bridgeport on the other side, and 
close to the banks of the Monongahela river on the Washington County side, 
West Brownsville, are the three towns that have coine to be known far beyond 
their own environments as the Three Towns. So closelj^ are they connected 
and so inseparable are their interests that whatever degree of prosperity 
conies to the one is shared by the others. The main street of Brownsville 
is the main street of Bridgeport, the connecting link between them being 
the iron bridge across Neniacolin creek, that was btiilt by the government 
in 183G vmder the supervision of Gen. G. W. Cass. The castings of this 
bridge were made from iron fiu-nished by the government, at the Vulcan 
Iron and Steel Works first established in 1824 by John Snowden, Jr. Prior 
to this there had been several bridges across this creek, the first one being 
carried away by the great flood of 1808. The next bridge of which we have 
any account, was a chain bridge that went down under a heavily loaded 
wagon and fotir horses, in March, 1820, which was about the time the National 
Road was completed. The contract for another bridge was then let to Samviel 
Story of Bridgeport, and the plans for it were drawn by Solomon G. Krepps. 
This bridge was finished in 1821. 

EARLY SETTLERS AND BUSINESS MEN. 

Among the early settlers of the Three Towns, jjarticularly those who were 
in business, may be noted the names of some whose descendants are still 
here, though many of them have entirely disappeared. We name a few of 
the most prominent. 

Jacob Bowman who, by the way was ])ostmaster in Brownsville for thirty- 
four years from the time it opened, William Hogg, Geo. Hogg, Adam Jacobs, 
John Snowden, Henry Switzer, Henry J. Rigden. Nathan Chalfant, Chad 
Chalfant, Robert Clarke, George Kinnear, Thos. McKibben. Elijah Clarke, 



rXITl';!) STATI'.S SI'lXATOK, I'l 1 1 1.ANI )I■:l^; C. KN'OX. 









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id/y- 



Honi al lirowiisvillc, l-'a\ctte County, I'a. 



Steamboat and Keel-Boat Building 133 

William Crawford, Valentine Giesey, George Graff. George Johnston. Eli 
Abrams, GeorgeJDawson, James W. Jefferies, C. L. Snowden, Samuel Steele, 
Dr. C. C. Richard, George W. Fear, T. S. Wright, Mrs. Jane Ferguson, Capt. 
M. G. Corey. Dr. J. A. Huston. Capt. M. A. Cox. J. G. Sanforth, J. Wallace, 
A. M. Thonipson, Capt. A. C. Cock. George W. Jones, Capt, A. B. Gaskill, 
James Risbeck, James S. Bench, Edward Herd, E. Chamberlain, Frank 
Long, C. L. Gummert. M. D., Jacob Mark. C. P. Acklin, K. J. Shupe, Thos. X. 
Gummert, Fred S. Chalfant, John N. Honesty, R, P. Hatfield. Wm. H. 
LeClere, A. A. Carmack, Dr. U. L. Clemmer, W. H. Bulger, R. R. Bulger, 
C. Watkins, J. M. Bowell, William Chatland, George W. Lcnhart, Isaac L. 
Burd, Capt. J. L. Hendrickson, S. A. Phillips, G. S. Moorhead, E. Kaiser, 
Wm. B. Burd, W. Carlyle, John Herbertson, Judge Thomas Duncan, D. O. 
Allen, Samuel Thompson, W. H. Hiller, Patrick Watson, S. J. Adams, Robt. 
BufRngton, John Allison, S. Voorhes, G. L. Moore, G. W. Springer, O. R. 
Knight, Neal Gillespie, Ephraim Blaine, John S. Pringle, J. D. S. Pringle. 
James Moffitt, Sami;el Adams, Richard Watkins, Joseph Smith, Patrick 
Gormley, Morris Russell, Jacob Bennett, Duncan Campl^ell, Frank Dawson, 
Thos. Aitbrcy, Oilver C. Cromlow, E. N. Coon. Robert McKinley, J. D. 
Woodfill, H. D. Porter, J. U. Elwood, George Wheatley, J. T. Burton, 
Grant Siverd, H. B. Baker. 

Among the physicians of long ago, we find, Drs Jesse Pennel, H. W. Stoy, 
Thos. G. Lamb, Caleb Bracken, Abraham Stanley, Matthew Oliver Jones, 
Charles Hubbs, W. G. Hubbs, J. A. Hubbs, William Stevens Duncan, J. B. 
Grooms. J. W. Worrell. 

Some of the abo\-e have gone hence and cast their lots ^^■ith other people 
while others have gone to that bourne from. which no traveler ever returns. 

Elsewhere in this work will be found more extended mention of many in 
the above list and of others who have come upon the scene in later years and 
are still actively engaged in business or with their professional duties. 



STEAMBOAT AND KEEL-BOAT BUILDING. 

As the Three Towns was for a long time the head of slack-water na\'igation 
and the pioneer ])oint in boat building west of the Allegheny mountains, we 
deeni this subject worthy of considerable space. It is here that the first 
steamboats that ever na\-igated the Monongahela and Ohio rivers, were built, 
as well as many noted and historic craft that followed the " Enterprise" and 
the "Dispatch," and here it was that hundreds of flat and keel boats were 
liuilt for the vast army of people who came through over the primitiA-e ])aths 
from Wills Creek (now Cumberland) and later over the National Pike, on 
their way to Kentucky, Ohio and the West and South, and who invariably 
stoi)ped here, bought or built boats to carry their families and household 
goods as well as other merchandise and farming im])lements. to their desti- 
nation. 

In conscc|uence of the vast importance of the l)oat-l:)uilding industry of 
this place, which is to this day still of no small import, we ciixote the following 
from Ellis' Historv of Fayette Countv: 



134 



Daniel I'rL'iu'h's luitc-rprises 




SteanitT Cohinibia on MoiioiiKJiIifla River 



DANIEL FREXCH'S EXTERTRISES. 

"About 1811 Daniel French came from Philadelphia to Brid<?eport, 'with 
big schemes of manufacturing, steamboat building and navigating western 
waters. ' Some of the most influential and well-to-do citizens of Bridgeport, 
Brownsville and vicinity became so impressed with the apparent feasibility 
of his projects that they subscribed liberally to the stock of two companies 
which were formed, one for manufacturing, and the other for the building 
and running of steamboats. 



THE ENTERPRISE AND DISPATCH. 



"The latter company commenced operations without much delay, building 
two steamboats, the "Enterprise,' and the 'Dispatch.' The former was 
built under the supervision of Israel Gregg, Henry M. Shreve, and Daniel 
French, on the bank of the river above Dunlap's Creek where Gregg, the next 
year, built the warehouse which afterward came into possession of the borough. 
The ' Dispatch ' was built on the spot where the ' Monument Mills' of Mason, 
Rogers & Co., was afterwards l)uilt (now the ' l'>lipsc Mills"). The engines 



PROMINENT STEAMBOAT CAPTAINS. 




Capt. Adam Jacobs, Deed. Capt. Isaac C. Woodward, Deed. 

Cai)t. M. A. Cox, Dec'd. 
Cap;. Isaac M. JIa.son. Capt. Adam Jacobs, Jr. 



136 First Steamer Between Pittsburg and New Orleans 



of both the " ICntcrprisc' and xhv 'Disjiatch' wt-rt' l)uilt by Daniel l-'rcnch. 
The career of the former lioat is thus mentioned in the iournal of Mr. Robert 
Rogers : 

FIRST ST1-:AM1-:R HHTWI^ICX IMTTSBURC^. AXD Xi:\V ORLEANS. 

"In 1814 the larger of the two boats (the Enterjirisc) was sent to New 
Orleans with Henry M. Shreve as captain. She arrived there w^hen General 
Jackson's army was there, and was pressed into government service to carry 
troops and stores and cdntinued to do so till the close of the war. TliL'n 
Shreve started with her to Pittsburg with considerable money, bvit on the 
way vip the boat was robbed (so he said) of all her money. She finally ar- 
rived at Pittsburg and the company got possession of her again. Then they 
employed Israel Gregg as captain. He ran her for a time, but made no 
money though freight and jiassage was high. The company then chartered 
her to James Tomlinson who ]jut his son-in-law, Daniel Worlcy, on as her 
captain, but he made no money, and let the boat sink a short distance below 
the falls of the Ohio, so the company lost both the money and the charter. 
The 'Enterprise" of Bridgejjort, was the first steamer that ever made the trij) 
from Pittsl)urs; to New Orleans and return. 



ROBERT ROGERS' DESCRIPTION OF THE DISPATCH'S TRIP. 

"The company's other boat, the 'Dis])atch.' is described by Mr. Rogers who 
was employed on board of her in her first tri]) down the rixxT, as follows: 

"Our engine was on the low-pressure ])rinci])le, codensing the steam, and 
the fires were made inside the boilers. We had two boilers laid on the 
bottom of the lioat. She was open hull, and was SO feet keel and 11 feet 
beain. The water wheel was only eight feet in diameter, and worked inside 
the boat, the rtidder being aft of j^ * * * * j ^Y^^J second engineer 
with Israel Gregg as captain. The boat started on her trip in December, 
1815. Part of the load was taken on at Brigdeport, and this having been 
done, it was announced that she would take her departure the next morning; 
but no watchman was kejjt on board and during the night the river fell, so 
that her bow ground.'d at the bank and her stern sank and filled, so that 
several days more elapsed before she could l)e raised and made ready again. 
This was finally accomplished and she ])roceeded down the river without 
further accident, to Pittsburg where she remained a few days and then went 
on down the Ohio. 

ICEBOUND FOR TWO WEEKS^ 

"At the mouth of Big Beaver the river was filled with lloating ice and a 
furious gale sprung up. which obliged Captain Gregg to tie up to the shore, 
with the intention of only remaining till the next morning. l)ut as the river 
fell rapidly during the ni.ght. he was eomjjelled to stay there for about two 
weeks. At the end of that time the ice disappeared, the weather became 



5 j; S P ■£ 







138 Whok- Winter on llu- River 

good and the 'Disjiatch' proceeded down the river, but struck on the bar at 
Wheeling, on the island side, and having no 'niggers' on board (says Rogers) 
■ we were compelled to jump into the river, full of floating ice as it was, and 
pry her off with rails. ' From there no accident occvirrcd till the boat reached 
Walker's bar, below Cincinnati, and there she stuck fast and remained for 
two weeks before the river rose sufficiently to float her off." Mr. Rogers 
proceeds: 'At Louisville, Captain Gregg left the boat, leaving the engineer 
in command. I then became first engineer, and had to clerk as well as act 
as steward, there being none on board. Passing from the Ohio into the 
Mississippi, the boat's company frequently saw Indians who came down to 
the river bank and sold them venison. For fear of these savages they dared 
not run at night but laid up and employed the hours of darkness in cutting 
wood for the next dav's fuel, as there was then no wood for sale along the river. 



WHOLl-: WINTKR OX THE RIVKR. 

Thus the entire winter was ])assed on the ri\'er, and early in the spring of 
1816, the "Dispatch" arrived at New Orleans. There she was boarded by 
Edward Livingston, United States marshal for that district, who notified 
the engineer in charge that he, Livingston, and Robert rulttni. had the ex- 
clusive right to navigate the waters of Louisiana with steamboats, and they 
would not permit that right to be infringed. Btit the master of the "Dis- 
patch' ' pleaded ignorance of that fact, and promised to leave Louisiana and 
not return, vipon which he was permitted to depart with the boat without 
prosecution. 

But it appears that they did not live up to the agreement, for the journal 
says they then took in freight and passengers and started for Alexandria at 
the rapids of the Red River, whence after discharging, they started on the 
return trip to Pittsburg. The l)oat was small and weak and so inade slow 
progress against the current of the Mississij^pi, though some advantage was 
gained by her light draft of water, on which account she "could run close 
inshore and around the willow banks." Arri\-ing at the falls of the Ohio, 
the water was found to be low, so that the boat was hauled by a slow and 
laborious process, up the rapids close in to the Kentucky shore. 

"It was late in the sximmer," says the journal, "when we arrived at Pitts- 
burg, and ovir trip being so long in niaking, we did not save any money. I 
acted as clerk and first engineer on the trip from Louisville to New Orleans 
and back to Pittsburg. On the whole route from New Orleans to Pittsburg, we 
were not passed by a steamboat, nor did we meet a boat on the Ohio. There 
were then in existence the following boats: New Orleans, Aetna, Vesuvius, 
and Buffalo, on the Mississippi river. I do not remember of seeing any on 
the Ohio.' ' And in writiiig of the trip he made two years later (1818) down 
the Monongahela and Ohio, on a llatl )oat, Mr. Rogers says, ' I saw no steamboat 
from the time I left Brownsxille till 1 reached L()uis\ille. ' 



140 History of the Reiiult-er 



IITSTORV OF TTIK REIXDEER. 

"In 182o, Robert Roj^crs, Cephas Gregg, Abram Kimber and others, built 
the steamboat 'Reindeer.' She was built in John Cock's boat yard, a short 
distance above where Mason, Rogers &• Co.'s flouring mill then stood (now 
the Eclipse mill), and was launched on Chi^istmas day in the year named. 
Upon her com]iletion she was placed under command of Capt. Abram Kimber, 
and ran f(n- sonie vears on the Ohio, between Pittsburg and Louisville, Ky. 



Ki: EL- BOAT BUILDING. 

About LSiiCi. Abel Coftin and Michael Miller commenced the building of 
keel boats in Bri(lgep(jrl. on an extended scale, and an almost incredible 
number of them were tiuned out by these builders. John Cock also built a 
large numbir of them, and he as well as Coffin and Miller, built some 
steamboats. In 1(S27. Mr. Cock built for James May of Pittsburg, the two 
Ohio river steamers, "Eric" and "Shamrock." Coffin and Miller built the 
"Reindeer" (second of that name), the "Mountaineer," the ■•Cham])ion" 
(Capt. Thomas Sloan ), and many others.' ' 

PRINGLE'S FLAT-BOTTOM BOATS. 

Boat building at this place reached its zenith, however, under Jolm S. 
Pringle, father of J. D. S, Pringle, who came here from Bedford County in 
182G. He first worked for Joseph Allen. The first steamboat on which he 
worked was the "Highlander," built by Robert Rogers, opposite the saw- 
mill on Water street, Bridgeport. Jolm Herbertson also worked on the 
same boat. In tlie early part of 1S28, John S. Pringle built a ilat-bottom 
boat for Robert Rogers and Samuel Clark, called the "Visitor," which ran 
the following summer from Pittsburg to Louisville, and made a remarkable 
success, earning $2,000 more than her entire cost during that one season, and 
was then sold at ?2,0()() ach ani-e on her entire cost. The success of tliis l)oat 
caused the building of others of similar construction by Mr. Pringle. He 
then established a boat yard in West Brownsville. There hi' Iniilt a great 
number of steamers and other river craft, and continued in tlic business at 
that place until 1843 after which he ])urchased from I-;]ihr.iim Blaine, father 
of the Hon. James G. Blaine, in West Brownsville, a large tract of land in- 
cluding his residence and sawmill, and established thereon the boat yard 
that he ran so many years with such phenomenal success. It is estimated 
that during his time Mr. Pringle built on both sides of the Monongahela river 
inore than live hundred steamboats besides a great numl)er of barges and 
other craft. The largest boat ever built by him was the "Illinois." This 
boat was 380 feet long and 72 feet beam. She was floated down the river on 
high water, to Pittsburg where her engines were placed aboard. Mr. Pringle 
also built the first towboat that e\-er ])lied on the Monongahela river. She 
was named the "Coal Hill." 



VETERAN BOAT BUILDERvS OF THE MONONCrAHELA VAELEY 



John Priiigle. 



Andrew Axton. 




FOUNDERS OF HAMBURGER AND THOMPSON DISTnj.ERII'.S 
Geo. W. Jones. Samuel Thompson. 



142 



Thf I'rinij'Ie Hoat lUiildinii; Co. 




old I'riiiKle Boat Yard 



THE PRINGLE BOAT-BUILDIXG CO. 

In 1864 Mr. Pringk- admitted W. W. Aull to partnership and in the follow- 
ing year the Pringle Boat-Building Company was organized. The members of 
this company were, John Wilkinson, James Storer, John S. Gray, James H. 
Gray, William Patterson, John Starr, A. K. McKce, A. J. Smalley, A. S. Starr, 
James Blair, U. G. M. Perrin, Joseph Weaver, James Patterson, A. C. Axton , 
E. F. Wise, Daniel French, John Wiegcl, Henry Minks, Robert Huston, Geo. 
McClain, Wm. Gray, Finley Patterson, John S. Pringle. and J. D. S. Pringle, 
the latter two being the principal parties to the organization. Three years 
later, John S. Pringle bought otit the company. January 1, 1879, John S. 
Pringle retired from the business and was succeeded by his son, J. D. S. 
Pringle and his son-in-law, C. Axton. On the first day of Jantaary, 1883, 
J. D. S. Pringle bought out his brother-in-law, Mr. Axton and became sole 
proprietor. 

COCK & LEXHART. BOAT BUILDERS. 



Another boat yard was established in West Brownsville in 1848, by John 
Cock and Leonard Lcnhart. This they operated succcssfulh^ for twelve 
vears. At the end of this time T. F. Cock and D. D. Williams took charge 



144 



Herbcrtson 6c Co.'s FoiiiKlry and Machiiit- Sh()])s 




Thos. FauH's Steam Engine 



of it and ran it for four years. J. M. HiUchinson and T. C. S. Williams 
then bought the yard and conducted it for aV)out five years when they sold 
out to H. B. Cock & Co. They continued the business till 1875 when the 
yard was discontinued. 

THE lIi:R]n:RTS()N & COM TAX V l"OUXDRY AND MACHINE SHOPS. 

The foundry and machine shops of HerViertson & Co., was established in 
bS3S by John Herbcrtson and Thomas FauU, Mr. Hcrbertson having been the 
superintendent of Snowden's fotmdry when the castings were made for the 
Dunlap's Creek bridge. In 1842 tlie ])artnershi]) between Herbcrtson and 
Faull was dissolved, Mr. Hcrberston continuing the business. The establish- 
ment was at first a small one compared with what it is now. Almost every 
vear since then new departments, new machinery and more space has been 
added, till now the business is one of gigantic proportions. It is still condticted 
by William H. and George S. Herbcrtson. tmder the firm name of J. Herbert- 
son 's Sons. 

THI': VULCAN IKON AX!) MACH1XI-: WORKS. 



One of the most im])orlant, if not the most important manufacturing 
establishments in Brownsville in the early days, was the foundry, forge. 



vp:teran kncvine builders and machinists. 




J. Nelson Siiowdon 
Thos. Kaull. 



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1 U) \'iilc;iii Iron and Mae-hiuL' Works 

rolling mill and machine sho]:) of Capl. John Snowdon known as the Vulcan 
Iron and Machine Works. It was located on W'ater street where the Connclls- 
ville Central R. R. is now cutting through the hill across Market and Front 
streets for its tracks. In consideration of the many descendents of Capt. 
John Snowdon, who are still jirominent citizens of Brownsville, an extended 
notice of this industry thai did so much for Brownsville, may not be con- 
sidered out of order. 

John Snowdon came to Brownsville from Yorkshire, England, in 1818, 
bringing with him his wife and two children. He was a blacksmith by trade 
and a man of superior ability. He commenced work at his trade for John 
W'eaver at one dollar a day which was more than was being paid to any 
blacksmith in Brownsville at that time. One of the lirst things he did outside 
of his regular work in the sho]), was to make a stove or what was called an 
English oven for George Hogg. This work not only proved so satisfactory 
that he reeei\ed orders for several more stoves btit served to show Mr. Hogg 
who was a man of means, that Mr. Snowdon was more than an ordinary 
workman and ])rom])ted him to fvumish him with the means for starting a 
sho]i of his own \\hich in time grew to tlie magniticenl ])roporti(<rs herein- 
after described. 

The principal btiilding was of brick, two stories high and loOxoO feet. 
This was used as a finishing shop. It was admirably constructed with a 
view to the eon\-enience of the workmen and facilitating the work. Its 
two tkxjrs were the full size of the building and A\ell lighted. These rooms 
were tilled with the best machinery then known for the work, among which 
may be nanied 19 turning lathes, six i)]aning mills, four boring machines, and 
eight drill presses. On the lower llocjr were ten blacksmith forges with all their 
necessary equii)ments, such as cranes steam forge hammers etc. The foundry 
adjoined the machine shop and was connected with it. It was 50x50 feet 
and equipped with two cupolas with a capacity of twelve tcjns each and was 
fitted ovit with all the other a]jpliances of a first-class fotmdry. Adjoining 
the latter was the -[jattern sho]) (iO.xlO feet, two stories high. These three 
buildings were of brick and virtually formed one building two stories high, 230 
feet long and with the exception of the pattern shop, 50 feet wide, In the rear 
of these buildings was the rolling mill and forge in a bviilding 180x50 feet, one 
story high. The rolling mill was equip])ed with six ])airs of rolls, two puddling 
furnaces, two heating furnaces, one spike and one rivet machine, and turned 
out about GOO tons of bar iron yearly. The forge was supplied with the usual 
appliances for bloom making. The boiler yard was also well ecjuipped for 
the rapid execution of work. The machinery of this whole establishment 
was propelled by four steam engines, one with a lix'e-incli bore, one 12 inches, 
one 14 inches and the other 20 inches (stroke not given). 

The entire cost of the ])lant was about $125,000 and the annual product 
was valued at about $150,000. A hardware or iron store was also run in 
connection with the works at which the products were sold. For many 
years there were t'm])loyed regularly about two hundred men in these shops. 
Here were made annually the engines and all other machinery for about 
fifteen steamboats and as many other engines. 







Siiowdoii Machine Shoijs and Two Cnnhoats 

built by Snowdon's dnriny tlit- War. 

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At these shops Mr. Snowdon built the engines and all the other ironwork 
for steamers for Georgia, Florida. Alabama, Texas, Michigan, California and 
many other states. He also built boats to run on the Rio Grande, for the 
government, during the Mexican war as well as two gunbcals for the gover- 
ment during the Rebellion, thovigh we understand the latter two were built 
at his shops in Pittsburg where he had a plant of about the same ca])acity 
as the Brownsville plant. He built the lirst steamboat that ever ran on 
the Sacramento river and as has been stated before, built the iron bridge 
across Dunlap's Creek which was the first iron bridge built in America and 
which is still standing seemingly as solid as adamant. '1 he old metal mile- 
posts that maj' yet be seen at a .ew places along what was once the National 
Pike, were made by Mr. Snowdon in this shop. 

Capt. John Snowdon was ever mindful of the welfare of these whcni he 
employed, was lil)eral in gixing to all worthy indix'iduals or causes, and there 
was not in him a dro]) of penurious blood. Starting as he did in 1818 Avithout 
a dollar, by ])ersistent application, guided by ]>henomenal wisdom and 
guarded l:)y prudence, in 1S(>7 he had accimiulatc d an independent fortune and 
this, too, in spite of the fact that in 1841 he 1( st more than $40,000 by the 
bankrtipt law: that in 185)] his entire plant including machinery, patterns 
and stock was totally destroyed by fire entailing a loss of over f SO, 000 with 
but $5,000 insurance, and that he lost over $25,000 during the Rebellion by 
the failure of contractors in conseiiuence of the war. 

Captain Snowdon was 'an F. and A. M. for many years before his tleath. 
In 1810 he married Miss Mary Smith and to them were born the following 
Children. Ann who afterwards became the wife of .\dam Jacobs, of Browns- 
ville; Elizabeth, wife of Walter Smith of Cincinnati, Ohio; Samuel S. of St, 
Louis, Mo.; 1. W. S. of Brownsville; and Sarah M. wife of 1. H. Roberts, 
Allegheny, Pa. Towards the latter part of his business career, his two sons 
engaged in businc^ss with him. He died at Brownsville, January 25, 1875, 
but the history of his life, his labors and his triumphs, will be read and held 
up as an incentixi- to industry and perseverance for many generations yet 
imborn. 

THf: l"Ri-:.\CH COTTOX AXl) W()()Li:X MILLS. 

It was also about the year 1X11 that Daniel French of whom mention is 
made elsewhere in this volume, came here and organized a company tor 
manutacturing various articles among them cotton j^arn, woolen yarn and the 
like. We have been unable to learn the exact date when the building was 
commenced or finished but the following advertisement of the manager, that 
appeared in a newspaper (Pittsburg pa])er) under date of Atigust 15, 1814, 
shows that it was about ccjmpleted at that time. The advertisement an- 
nounces to the ])ublic that "the factory is nearly ready to go into operation, 
which will be drove Ijy steam, where we inti'ud kee])ing a constant supply of 
cotton yarn of \-arious descrijjtions, which we will sell at the most reduced 
prices. And, in addition to the above we have two new wcol carding machines 
with first-rate cards, and having engaged an exjierienced carder, we hope, 




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from our delcnniiied intentions, to do our work with neatness and dispatch, 
and at the usual prices, to merit a share of the jnitronage. (Signed) Enos 
Grave. Manager of. the Company." 

The incorporators of this company were John Kre])])s. James Tomlinson, 
Elisha D. Hunt. William (rriffith, John McClurc Hezlip, Morris Triunan and 
Enos Grave. 'I'lu' faelory was not a success from a financial standpoint and 
w-as afterwards used as a carriage factory. It was eventually destroyed by 
fire. 

THE FIRST GLASS i'LAXT. 

In ISll, John Troth, Henry .Minehart, Isaac Van Hook and others, 
formed a stock company and erected the first glass plant in Bridge])ort. The 
manufacture of glass was continued here for a period of about thirty years 
with varied success. The site of this glass plant was afterwards occupied 

by the John Ho])kins distillery. 

GEO. HOGG (iLASS WORKS. 

Between the Vulcan Iron ami Machine Works and the brewery, was the 
Brownsville Glass Works started in 1827 by George Hogg. The works ran 
18 pots, employed about 100 peo])le and turned out annually abottt 20,000 
boxes of the various grades of window glass. 'J'he last vestige of this 
plant was removed by Kcllev &: Crosson, contractors, in building the 
Monongahela railroad in 11)02. 

ANOTHER GLASS FACTORY. 

In the year 1S2S, George Hogg &; Co. built a glass factory and ran it about 
a year when they sold it to John Taylor & Co., the members of which company 
were John Taylor ;uid I'klward Campbell. Taylor sold out to William Camp- 
bell and the lirm name became F^. Campbell & Co. E. Cam])bell sold out to 
Robert Forsythc and the name of the firm was again changed to Campbell & 
Forsythc. They sold out to Gue & Gabler who ran the plant for several 
years when it was sold out by the sheriff. It then fell into the hands of the 
original owners, George Hogg & Co. It was then started again by a co- 
operative lirm styled Burke, Sedgwick & Co,.biU after rimning it sewral 
years thej- failed. Carter. Hogg & Co. then took a ttu^n at it but withotit 
success. Benedict Kimlier was the next to take it tip and at lirst made some 
money ovtt of it but he embarked in the steamboat business, and taking charge 
of the boat he had bought, he left the glass factory in the hands of other 
parties to manage for him. He took the cholera while on the Illinois river 
and died and the glass factory again went to the wall Hatight, Swearer & 
Co., then bought the property and started an eight-pot factory, but they 
failed in a year or two, and Robert Rogers bought the property. He leased it 
to P. & I. Swearer who ran it a while and failed. They finally started it tij) 
again and made a success of it. Finally, in 18()4, George W. Wells bought the 



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Peoples Coal Coiiiiiaii\ s Works, lirownsvilk 



property and increased llie eapaeity to eit^ht ])ots and later to ten. He was 
doing a good business until the ])anie of lS7o cavised him to lose mbncy and 
he sold it to Schmertz & Quimhy who ran it for some time when it again 
changed hands. It was then run by different ])arties until about five or six 
years ago when it was closed down and has not been started up since. The 
Monongalu-la Railroad fmally wijied it oft" the face of the map. 

THE CULBERTSOX eV- ROWE EOUXDRV. 

John Krepps and a number of other men started a foundry about 1827. 
William (.'ock was foreman in this foundry f(ir a lime, and afterwards ran 
it for himself. It was then rented to Culbertson & Rowe and next to John 
Snowdon who had taken the contract for making the castings for the iron 
bridge across Dunlap's Creek. As noted elsewhere, the government furnished 
the metal and Mr. Snowdon made the castings 

THE EREXCH M.VCHIXE SHOPS. 



The first machine sho]) in Bridgeport was also establi.shed by Daniel 
French. In this shop the engines for the " Enterprise" and the " Dis])ateh, " 



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were built. Mr. French was also the inventor of the oseilUiting eylindcr 
for steam engines. He left here about 1820, going to Jeffersonville, Indiana 
where he and his sons engaged in boat building. 

'I'lII': THOMAS FAULL FOL'XDRV. 

Thomas l-'aull, after severing his conncetion with the iirm of Herhertson &■ 
Faull, established a foundry on Water Street above the Monument Mills 
(now the Eclipse Mills) . He was succeeded by his son . 

THF REESE r.\DW.\T.LADER MILE 

In the latter jiart nf tlie ISlli century. Reese Cadwallader Iniilt a mill on 
DunUqi's (^-eck, a short distance above Bridgeport, or rather where Bridge- 
jjort now stands, and on the site of this mill the Prospect Mill was built. This 
mill was at oni' time owned by Rogers & Truman and was sold bv them to 
William Miller. It is now tlu- ])ropcrtv of George Wolford. 

THE VALLEY MILLS. 

A short distance above the last-named mill, there was another known as 
the Valley mill. This was built in 1834 by Samuel G. Krepps who operated 
it for many years. It was sold to Eli Leonard who ran it for about ten years. 

THE KREPPS cV- (.\\RT1:R PAPER MILLS. 

Solomon G. Krepps and Zei^haniah Carter built a ])a]HT mill on Water 
Street and jtul it into operation in ISoL'. Mr. Krepjis died shcrlly after the 
mill started and his interest was sold to Robert Clarkt'. This pajjer mill 
continued in operation for many years, and was then, in IS.")?, sold to Mason, 
Rogers & Co., who converted it into a flour mill. This Hour mill is now 
owned and operated by the Eclipse Milling Co. 

THf: LAXXIXC; PL.XXIXG MILLS. 

The "Steam Planing Mill. Cabinet and Chair Factory." of W. H. Lanning, 
was located in "The Neck," opposite the .Monongahela House, and did an 
extensive business. 

THE SHOE IXDCSTRV. 

Shoes wei-e extensively manufactured in Browns\-ille in the c-arlv days. 
They were of course made by hand as there was but little known thc-n of the 
present method of manufacturing shoes. 



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I'lRST I^RICWICRV. 



Not far below the Vulcan Iron and Machine Works along in 1825, there 
stood a brewery. It was an irregular rambling mass of buildings but in the 
whole contained all the de])artments of a first-class brewery at that day. 
In 1857 this plant was enlarged by Tecce & Toynbee and still more thoroughly 
equipped for the business. This brewery used from 40, ()(){) to 15,000 
bushels of barley each year. It had two steep tubs of 118 barrels capacity 
each, the one perhaps of a little less capacity. They made all the varieties 
of ale, beer and porter and had a good sale for their brew. One of their 
brands, the "Star Ale, " was a favorite and had a wide reputation. 

THE BROWXSVILLE ACxRlC'l'LTrRAL WORKS. 

The Brownsville Agricultural Works were not in Brownsville but in 
Bridgeport, and were conducted by Carver, Wood & Crawford. They 
manufactured thrashing machines that at that age were of course run by 
■horse power, cleaners, separators, corn shellers, cutters, cultivators, fanning 
mills, double and single sh(>\-el jjIows, horserakes, and other agricultural 
implements. In eonnec-lion witli this they ran a ]ilaning mill and sash 
factory. 

The Bridgeport Agricultural Works, conducted by Aaron Bronson, also 
manufactured all kinds of agricultural implements. 

THE HARX'EY LEONARD SAW.MILL. 

Harvey Leonard had a sawmill on DunkqVs Creek above the Valley Mill 
and near the borough line. It seems, however, that prior lo this (about 
1814) Jonah Cadwallader had a sawmill on the same site, and the water both 
for the Valley Mill and the sawmill of Harxey Leonard, was for years taken 
from the creek at the same ])laee where Reese Cadwallader had Iniilt his mill 
many years before. 

The sawmill of Gibbons. Wood & Crumlow, on Water Street, was in its 
day a very important industry. 

THE TRUMAX STEEL MILLS. 

About the year 1811, Morris Truman and his three sons, Morris, Jr., 
Joseph and James, came to Bridgeport, from Philadelphia, and built and 
put in o])eration, works for the manufacture of steel. Afterwards they also 
built a machine shop where steam engines were bviilt. They also manufac- 
tured the best of steel for edged tools and the like. 

'I'lii-: rivi-:r coal co.mi'axv. 

Of all the gigantic coal mines or j)lants along the Monongahela river, there 
is no gainsaying the fact that the Ri\-er Coal CfJUijuiny's new plant located 



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Tlie River Coal Company 



just up the Monongahcla river from Bridgeport, leads them all, or will as 
soon as it is completed. 

This company has 1,600 acres in one Ijody and is now erecting a plant that 
will employ between 500 and 600 men and turn out about .3,600 tons of coal 
per day. 

Work was commenced last fall and is being ])ushed as fast as money and 
men can ])u.sh it. One slope 322 feet through the rock, for manway, is 
completed and one shaft 85 feet deep for hoist way, are already compfeted. 
Both are lined with concrete. The tramway and tipple are of steel, both 
built on concrete foundations on solid roek. The tramway from the shaft 
and slope to the river is 725 feet long and has three tracks. The loaded cars 
are to traverse the center track while ihv emjity cars will return on the side 
tracks. 

All machinery will be run by t-leetrie jhavcv to furnish wliieh, two dynamos 
are being placed in position. They are of 200 kilowats capacity, or more 
plainly speaking, 275 horsepower each, and steam to drive the giant engines 
for running these dynamos will be taken from a battery of four boilers of 250 
horsepower each. A smaller dynamo is used to furnish electric lights for 
ofifices, shops and inines. 

The company now has linished and in course of construction, forty double 
houses for miners, each in itself a handsome structure and good enough for 
the domicile of any man; also six single houses for foremen and a large store 
building. 

The boiler house, engine house, machine shops, office and all other buildings 
about the mines except the company houses, are of brick and of the most 
substantial structure. The company has ample room for trackage on its 
grounds and many of the switches and tracks are already in place, while the 
tramway is nearing comi)leti(in. The air shaft is also well down and like the 
other shaft and slope, is lined with eonerele. 

F. A. McDonald is the chief engineer, l)ut the work here is imder the super- 
vision of W. A. Smith, divi.sion engineer. Mr, vSmith is yet a young man in 
years but ri])e in experienee and deserves great credit for the excellent and 
rapid work that is being done on this gigantic plant. J. F. Anderson is mine 
foreman and is one of the best in the State. 

This mammoth plant is of no inconsiderable consequence to the Three 
Towns, to Fayette County and to the Monongahcla Valley, and is Ijut the 
forerunner of othcn-s in the same line and in other lines that are sure to follow. 



THE BROWXSVILLE HRI'WI'RY. 

Those who are familiar with the construction of brewery jilants and their 
equipment, emi)hasize the declaration that the Brownsville Brewery is one 
of the most conveniently constructed and best and most modcrnly equipped 
of any along the Monongahcla Valley. It certainly stands among the 
leading enterprises of the Three Towns, and to Mr. George J. Edel, is largely 
due the credit for the perfection and con\eniences of the jilanl. Mr. Edel is 



IGO Tlic Hrt>\viisvillf Hrewery 

president of the company and has served since the company was orga- 
nized as building superintendent and general manager. 

The promoters and organizers of tlie Brownsville Brewing Company, 
are Geo. J. Edel, W. H. Calvert and John Monier, of Charleroi; J. I. Thornton 
and George Rathmell, of Bridgeport, with whom are associated many ])rcnni- 
nent business men of Brownsville, Bridge])ort, Uniontown, Connellsville, 
Fayette City, Belle Wrmm, Charleroi, Monessen and other river and inland 
t(nvns. 

The company secured a charter January 12, l'J()o and ste])s were at once 
taken to secure a site and erect a plant. A i)lot of ground 2()\ by 241 feet, 
on Water Street, Bridgei)ort, Pa., was bought fi'om George D. Thoinpson and 
ground was broken, March 2."), of the same year, and the first beer was brewed 
February 7, 1004. 

The buildings are all substantial brick structures eacli Iniilt for an express 
purpose and all are thoroughly er^uipped with the most modern machinery 
and the inost up-to-date methods are used in the jiroduction of the seductive 
amber fluid. 

It may be interesting for those who care to observe the manner in which 
the beverage they use, is made, tt) follow the grain from the car through the 
various processes to the kegging and bottling rooms. Such a journey is 
instructive as well as interesting. From the car on the siding which runs 
along one side of the main building and the ice plant, the grain is run auto- 
matically into an elevator by which it is conveyed to the top of the five- 
story main building and dvimped into the storage bins which have a capacity 
of eight car loads of barley inalt. From here the grain is taken directly into 
the clearing bins passing through fans, sieves and over a nvimber of powerful 
magnets which free it from all dust or other foreign matter, eliminating 
everything that could be deleterious to absolute purity. The malt then goes 
through the mill where it is crushed and passed on into the malt hopper 
scales where it is weighed, exactly S.OOO ])ounds being required for each 
brew. It is ne.xt conducted to the mixing l^ettle where it is stee]ied with 
water and the desired substance extracted. The refuse grain falls from the 
mixing kettle into the wet-grain bin thence into the drier from whence it 
is carried to the top of the building into the dry-grain bin, and discharged 
into sacks ready for shi])ment as horse feed. The Brownsville Brewing 
Company has a contrai't with the (krman army for all the feed of this kind 
it turns out, and conse(|uently it is shi|)])ed directly to Bremen, (rcrmany. 

At this stage the ])roduet that is e\-entually to becoine lieer. is con\eyed 
to the inash tub or mixing kettle where they get from it what is known as 
extract of malt after which it is carried to the bn-w kettle, an immense 
copper receptacle . the oiu' in the Brownsville brewery ha\ing a capacity of 
185 barrels. Here it is boiled for three and a half hours when it is again 
conveyed to an uj)per floor and allowed to descend over a series of copper 
pipes that are kc'jit as cold as ice by currents of cooling vapor which reduces 
the liquid from a l)oiling to a freezing ]ioint almost instantaneously. This 
liquid is then carried by ])ipes into the immense wits in the ft rmcmtation 



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room at ihc lop of the stock house where il is allowed to remain for twenty- 
four hours to let all albuminous and nitrogenous substances precipitate. 
After this the beer is conducted by pipes to the fermenting room below where 
are twenty tubs of 185 barrels each. Here it remains for from 1(3 to 18 days till 
it is thorovighly fermented. Aft«.'r complete fermentation it is taken to the 
storj^ below, the storage room, where there are twenty large vats with a 
capacity each of 350 barrels, or a total ca])acity of T.UOO Ijarrels, where it is 
left for from three to four months. It is then taken to the next story below 
where il is ])ut into 20 inimense casks of 250 barrels each, or 5,000, and 
kept under jiressure for from five to six weeks so as to insure a gcod and 
solid foam: the grand total of beer on hand is 14,000 barrels. This gives 
the plant an annual capacity of 75,000 barrels. After this it is taken to the 
kegging and l)ottling room where it is filled into kegs or bottles for shipment 
or tise. 

At every step the most diligent care is taken to insure absolute cleanliness 
and purity. Every receptacle is thorovighly washed and cleaned with hot 
water and the kegs are taken through a bath of hot water by an ingenious 
inachine for that purpose aftt'r whieh they are serul)l)ed by a machine, rinsed 
with cold mater and then thorovighly inspected before they are used. The 
bottles go through a similar process of cleaning and inspection. Another 
ingenious machine is that whieh drives the hoojis onto the kegs if they are 
not already tight. The ice ])lant is one of the largest in this part of the State, 
and is one of the most nindeni. making ice in cakes 22 feet (> inches by 12 feet 
8 inches and 16 inches thick, weighing 19,000 pounds. The plant is capable 
of making six of these cakes of ice each day w^hich is a grand total of 54 tons. 
The company has three fine artesian wells within its btiilding and none ])vit 
this water is used for any ])ur])()se. 

The prime inotive power of this immense plant is furnished by a battery 
of three boilers of 200 horsepower each fired by gas, though coal may be 
used, ample bins for wliicli arc- ])ni\'i(le(l. The gas is automatically fed by 
a steam-pressure regulator and su])])lied with a hi,gh and low water whistle 
or alarm, the water also being fed to the Ixiilers automatically, thus dis- 
]iensing with the services of a fireman. 

.\11 the machinery is run by electricity e'aeh machine having a separate 
(jr individual motor. The current is ftirnished these motors by two direct- 
connected generators or dynamos, the one a 05 horsepower and the other 
a 22 horsepower. Tlie entire' ])lant and all llie buildings eoniieeied with it 
are also lighted Tjv eU'ctricity generated in the ])ower house of the building. 

The ice ])lant alone is run by steam direct and thi- motive power is furnished 
bv two magnificent Corliss engines, the one 195 horse-power and the other 
1 25. The capacity of the ice machines is about 200 tons per day, much of 
the capacity being utilized in cooling the various departments of the plant. 
The exhaust steam is used in a retort for heating all the water that is used in 
the boilers and about the plant. An air eomjux'ssor is used to force the li(|uid, 
in making beer, from one vat to another. 

As noted elsewhere, the buildings are all of lirick, the main building being 
100x201 feet, part of it live stories high; the ice plant binlding containing 







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the tanks, is fi0xl25 feet two stories high. They also have a stable that 
accommodates IG horses, sheds for wagons, an elegant office and handsome 
modern residence for the resident manager and president of the company. 
The present board of directors arc George J. Edcl, President and Super- 
intendent; Sam C.Todd, Secretary, John Monier, Treasurer, W. II. Calvert, 
Vice-President; J. I. Thornton, George Rathmell. 



THE IIA.MHCRGKR DISTILLERY, LIMITED. 

In the upper part of Bridgeport stands a mass of imposing brick buildings 
that form the center of one of the most extensive and widely know'n business 
enterprises in the Monongahela Valley, and the output of this enterprise is 
not only known from ocean to ocean, but in every civilized country on the 
globe. We refer to the Hamburger Distillery, Limited, and its famous 
brands of pure whiskey, among the latter being the "Old Bridgeport Pure 
Rye," "Bridgeport Pure Malt" and "G. W. Jones Monongahela Rj'e." 

Western Pennsylvania has always been noted for the amotmt and the 
excellency of its whiskey, even in the days prior to the famous Whiskey Instir- 
rection, of which mention is niade in the historic part of this volume. 

The Hamburger Distillery, Limited, is one of the largest plants of the kind 
in the world, covering about fourteen acres of ground. Almost all its buildings 
are of brick, of the most inodern style of architecture for the purpose to be 
served, and its w^arehouses are thoroughly equipped with all the latest im- 
provements and devices, thoroughly ventilated and heated by steam, which 
manner of storage is equivalent to twice the same length of natural storage. 
The capacity of the warehouses is about (iO.OOO barrels. Every modern 
device that will make whiskey better is y)ut into the distillery the moment 
it is proven to be of excellence. 

None but the best grain is used, and the utmost care is taken at e\ery step 
of the process of inaking whiskey to produce only the best that can be made. 

Since 18<So this property has been in the hands of and owned principally 
l)y Ph. Hamburger, w-hose honesty and integrity is proverbial. In Janu- 
ary, 1901, the Hamburger Distillery, Limited, was organized and bought 
the Ph. Hamburger Distillery ])ro])erty from its former owners. Mr. Ham- 
burger then retired from business altogether and has since spent his time in 
traveling and in ])hilanthropic work. To those who use or handle whiskey 
the name of "Hamburger" is a guarantee of purity and excellence. 

For many years this business has been under the direct supervision and 
management of W. V. Winans, at present president of Brigeport council, 
and a man who thoroughly understands the business, and who has done 
much to make the business what it is. Not a year passes that important 
additions and improveinents are not made, all of which are made necessary 
by the growing business, a growth that is due to the excellency of the prod- 
uct and the efficiency of the management. 



Kit) Tlic Th()iii])S()n Distilliiit; Coiiipuiiy 



TJll-: TllO.Ml'So.X DISTILLIXG CO 

A history of this section of Pennsylvania would not Ijc comj)letc without 
some reference to the Thompson Distillery, or what is now known as the 
Thompson Distilling Company. It is one of the leadin,^ industries in this 
section of the country and has been for o\-er half a century. The business 
was estabhshed by Samuel Thompson long before the war and lias e\er since 
borne his name. In fact, the name of Sam Thompson in connection with a 
brand of whiskey is worth more than most modern plants of today. 

1 1 may not be out of order to state liere that the old stone structure now 
used as a bottling house was once the home of the late illustrious James G. 
Blaine, and it was here that he received his first instructions, which, followed 
up with till' Blaine persistency, made of him the leading statesman of the 
nation. But it is not of Blaine that wc wish to write here. 

It is not essential in this article to go into the details of making whiskey, as 
all readers, particularly those who are interested, are familiar with that; l)ut 
something about the output and the capacity of the plant will be of interest. 

The Thompson Distilling Company's plant consists of three large brick 
storerooms, one five, one six and one eight stories high, besides the distillery 
proper and many other outbuildings. The capacity of the distillery is about 
fifty barrels per day, and every step in the process of making whiske}^ from 
handling the grain as it comes in to storing the whiskey and putting it on the 
market, is watched and directed by men of years of experience and un(|ues- 
tioned integrity, and this is why "Sam Thompson Whiskey" is so well and 
so widely known. 

The three huge storerooms before mentioned have a capacity of about 
30,000 barrels, and are both constructed in the most modern manner, being 
thoroughly \entilated and heated by steam. In addition to this they hax^e 
a 50,000 bushel grain storage house and are at present erecting a new pro- 
cess drying house where the slop or mash, after use, is dried and pre])ared 
for feed. 

A full deseri])tiou of the jjlanl cannot be gi\'en, for the reason that constant 
additions and im])ro\'ements are bi-ing made, so that a description of the 
])lant today would in a few months be inadecpuite and unjust. 

The entire busint-ss is and has for many years been under the direct super- 
\'ision and management of .Algernon B. Donahey, who not only thoroughly 
understands the business in all its details, but who has the confidence of the 
company and of the wide and growing circle of patrons. There are few 
places in the civilized world where "Sam Thomj)son Whiskey" is not known 
and appreciated by those who use or handle sjjirituous li(|Uors. 

The Sam Thomjjson Distillery is cons])icuously situati-d in the u])])er part 
of West Brownsville, on the west bank of the Monongahela Ri\er, and has 
l)een seen and heralded aliroad by the Inmdreds and thousands of people who 
ha\"e passed tip and down this historic stream for the past half century. 



THREE WEEVKNUWN COLORED PEOPLE 

Chas. Cox, Who Died at llu- Ajre of 107 Years 




\V. H. "Tip" Florence 
Veteran Teamster of the Three Towns 



Henrietta Hamilton 

Best-Known Chambermaid on the Monon- 

vrahela, Ohio and Mississippi Kivers 



168 



Elwood Natural Gas and Oil Company 




Elwood Gas Co.'s Derrick, Elwood l-ann 



KLWOOD NATURAL GAS AND OIL COMPANY. 



One of the most enterprising corporations in the Monongahela Vallcj-, 
today and one with the most flattering prospects, is the Elwood Natural Gas 
and Oil Company that was organized May 9, 1903, and secured its charter 
November 18th of the same vear. 



THREE GENERATIONS 




John Wilgiis 
Jiio. S. Wilgiis 'I"li<-> Man Who First Proposed 

For a Number of Years Postmaster at Brownsville the Pacific Railroad 

T. B. Wilgus, of Morgantown, W. Va. 
At One Time a Prominent Citizen of Bridgeport 



170 ruhlit- l,il)rary 

This company has now leased in Washington County, Pennsj'lvania, eleven 
hundred acres of land, has three wells down that by actual test yield 10,000,- 
000 cubic feet of gas per da)'. The company already has franchises for 
furnishing gas to the boroughs of Centrc\-ille and West Brownsville in Wash- 
ington County and Bridgeport and Brownsville in Fayette, and will no doubt 
extend its territory rapidly Ixith for consumption as well as for production. 

All the work on their i)lanl including the lines they have laid and are still 
laying, is done in the most modern and ajijiroved manner, and the manage- 
ment and the stockholders are all men of exceptionally strong financial 
standing and good business judgment. 

The stockholders are Joseph S. Elliott, Robert W. Thompson, George D. 
Thompson, William H. Fisher, James I. Thornton, J. W. Breckenridge. 
Thomas H. Thompson, A. L. Milliken, R. M. Poletz. O. S. Bedall and George 

C. Steele. 

The present officers are, Joseph S. Elliott, President; Robert W. Thompson. 
Vice President: George C. Steele, Secretarj' and Treasvirer. 

The Board of Directors, Joesph S. Elliott, Roliert W. Thompson, George 

D. .Thompson, J. I. Thornton and A. L. Milliken, 

PUBLIC LIBRARY. 

'I'ht.' Ladies of the Browns\"ilk' Women's Christian Temperance Union, 
believing they could exert a substantial moral iniluenee in tlie community 
by placing good literature within the reach of everyone, decided, in January, 
1885, to establish a jmblie library by organizing a company or association 
and disposing of 100 shares of the stock at three dollars each. This was ac- 
cordingly done, the entire amount being taken by residents of the Three 
Towns. 

The first officers of the \V. C. T. U. Library were Miss Anna E. Cox, Presi- 
dent; Mrs. Sol. Ct. Kn-pps, Vice President; Miss Mamie Armstrong, Correspond- 
ing Secretary; Miss Sadie H. .Miller, Recording Secretary; Mrs. A. L. Duncan, 
Treasurer. 

A circular letter was written to many friends and former residents, solicit- 
ing co-operation and a number of handsome contributions in books and money 
were received. Among the out-of-town contributors we-re, lion. J. A. 
Martin, Governor of Kansas; Messrs. T. M. and R. C. Rogers, of Philadelj^hia; 
Capt. Isaac M. Mason of St. Louis; Wm. Clark Breckenridge of Uniontown; 
Samuel J. Krepps of Oklahoma; Messrs. John L. Moorhouse Wm. C. Lilley, 
Wm. H. Holmes. George W. Acklin, and Prof. John A. Brashear. all of Pitt- 
burg. 

The library was ojjened in rooms in the post office in Brownsx'ille, known as 
the "Round Corner," the evening of July 2, 1885, with religious exercises 
conducted by the ministers of the Three Towns among them being Revs. 
S. D. Day and Charlton. 'l"he President. Miss Anna E. Cox delivered an ad- 
dress which was followed by a book reception and ice cream sale. 

The library opened with 800 volumes which very much encouraged its 
projectors. 



Prof. I,. F. Parker 

First PrincilJal Bridgeport Public 

Schools 



Miss Fiutline l.iudy 

For 51 Years a Teacher in the Hrige- 

nort Public Schools 




J. Stanle\- Lind.\ 

Street Commissioner of the liorongrh 

of Bridgeport 



John J. Kathmell 

For IS Years Toll Taker at the 

River Bridge 



172 Xewspajjcr Enterprises 



The first book committee was composed of the following members: Miss 
Anna E. Cox. Miss Sadie H. Miller, Mrs. R. C. Miller, Mrs. Sol. G. Krepps, 
Mrs. S. S. Fishburn, Dr. W. S. Duncan and Mrs. J. D. Armstrong. 

The W. C. T. U. library was controlled and supported by that organization 
till 1899 when a Public Liljrary Association was formed. The library which 
had grown to l,oU4 volumes, with the book cases, etc., was then turned over 
to the new association in the hojjc that it would grow more rapidly and 
become a permanent and valued institution. 

The officers of the new Public Library Association were, Rev. W. S. Bow- 
man, President; George W. Wilkinson, Vice President; Miss Jane Ewing, 
Secretary; George W. Lenhart, Treasurer; Directors: Miss Harriet E. Abrams, 
Mrs. Isaac R. Beazell, Roland C. Rogers, Rev. \V. E. Rambu and C. L. Snow- 
don. 

The book committee were, Roland C. Rogers, Chairman; Miss Jane Pawing 
and Mrs. Isaac R .Beazell. The library under the new association was for- 
mally opened in the Library Room in the Odd Fellows building or hall, Tuesday 
evening, March 14, 1899, with a book reception. This library now contains 
about 2,000 volumes. 



NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISES. 

Among the newspapers that ha\'e been published in the Three Towns, 
commencing as far back as 1<S1(), may l)i' mentioned, in the order of their 
succession, as near as \vc can ascertian, there being differences in the dates 
of past historians, the following; 

The Western Repository, Thi' Western Palladium, The \\'t'slern Register, 
The Brownsville Gazette, The Western Spj-, The American Telegraph, 
afterwards consolidated with the Genius of Liberty at Uniontown, The 
American Observer, also later merged with the Genius of Liberty, The Browns- 
ville Galaxy, The Brownsville Intelligencer, The Brownsville Free Press, The 
Brownsville Clipper established by Seth T. Hurd. Mr. Hurd was succeeded 
by E. A. Hastings from whom its present editor and proprietor, W. F. 
Aplegate, purchased it in 1S7S. 

Following the establishment of the Clip])cr came the Brownsville Times, 
Greenback Banner, The Better Times, which suspended after three weeks of 
adversity, The Labor Advance, The Star that only twinkled one week. The 
Comet was next launched by the same men who published The Star and 
while it was a daily, strange as it may seem, the Comet lived longer than 
The Star, surviving for a period of three weeks. After this came The Free 
Lance, The Three Towns and The Regulator. 

Then The Monitor was started and run for about twelve 3'ears by J. E. 
Mc Kinney when it changed hands, D. M. and J. Percy Hart taking it up. 
After running it about a year they sold it to Edwin P. Couse, the present 
editor and proprietor. This, so far as we have been able to learn, completes 
the list of journalistic enter{)rises in the Three Towns. 



WELL-KNOWN JUSTICE.S OF THE PEACE 



Sfiuire Henry J, Rigdeii 



Squire Albert ('.. Booth 




TWO PROMINENT lTALL\NvS OF OUR TOWNvS 



Robert Patriello 
Railroad Construction Contractor 



Rosy I'oletz 
Xotars Public and Banker 



174 riivsicians of the Three Towns 



I'lIVSICIANS 01- TIIIv TIIRETv TOWNS. 

Many cminenl. physicians ha\-e pracLied in the Three Towns since the 
old Hanguard was btiilt. Among them were Drs. Mitchell and Chester, 
Edward SchuU. James Roberts, Thomas Blodgett. Piper. John J. Steele, 
Lewis Sweitzer, Samuel vShuman, Henrs \V. Stoy, R. \V. Playford, William 
L. Laferty, W . S. Dmican, Isaac Jackson. C. C. Richard, U. L. Clemmer, 
Benjamin Shoemaker, (). P. Dearth. \. W, Truxall. C. L. Gummert and others. 

Ill l.'^;1l an attL'mpl was made to establish a medical college here but 
further tlian a notice to the effect that it was to commence in Xoveml)er of 
that year, no record of it can be found. 

The pix'sent physicians of Brownsville are Drs. C. C. Reichard, Lew-is N. 
Reicherd, Dr. CoUey Miller. Dr. Isaac Jackson still does some office practice. 

.\(it least ainong .iic man\- ])n)minini men of Bridge|)orl were in earlier 
as well as its present practitioners of nu'dicine. Among the most i)romineni 
of the old-time physicians, we find Drs. Jesse Fennel. H. W. Stoy, Thos. G. 
Lamb, Caleb Bracken. Abram Stanley. MathcAv O. Jones, W. S. Duncan, Chas. 
Hubb, W. G. Hubb. J. .\. llulib, J. A Xelan, J. B. Grooms, Jno. W. Worrell. 

Physicians who are now practicing in Bridgeport are Drs. Alfred Smith, 
Henry Eastman, Wilbur Lilley, and F. S. Hoover, the latter just recently 
located here. 



PIONEER LODGES OF THE THREE TOWNS. 



BROWNSX'ILLE LODGE, No. 00, F. and A. M. 

The record of this lodge begins with an entry dated January 22. 1794. at 
which time John Bowles. John McDowell, Joseph Asheton (of Pittsburgh 
Lodge, No. 4')), James Chambers, Jr., William Arbutton, John Faraker, 
[amcs Chambers, Sr., and Jonathan Morris (of Washington Lodge, No. 54), 
James Long (of No. o. Philadelphia), and Ready MeSherry (of No. 660, 
Ireland), o])ened the new lodge No. (iO. in due form, John Bowli's Ijcing 
appointed secretary. .\.])plieations were receix'ed from James Elliott, Jonathan 
Hickman, and Charles Ford for initiation. John Christmas, Michael Sow-ers, 
Ready MeSherry were a])])ointed a committee to inf|uire and to report to 
the lodge the next evening. 

Janviary 23, 1794, the lodge commenced work undir a dis])ensation of the 
Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, dated Decemlxr U. 1793, Chads Chalfant, 
W. M.; John Chambers, S. W.; Michael Sowers. J. W. 

Twenty-seven members were added to the lodge in 1794. 

In 1799 the first building owned by the lodge was erected for its use. On 
the 6th day of May in that year "Bros. Rogers and Miner agreed to furnish 
700 plank at the lodge for use; Bro. Gregg, lime; B. Hezlip to have doors and 
windows." June 14, 1811, Chads Calfant sold for fifty drillars the lot of 
ground on the southwest side of Church Street, on which the Masonic Hall 
building was erected in 1834. 



176 Pioneer Lodges of tlu- Three Towns 



On tlu' 2d of February, IS'il), Andrew Jackson, President-elect of the 
United States, arrived at Brovvnsxille by stage over the National Road from 
the West, and stopped at George Gibbon's inn. There he was waited on by 
Henry Pieffer, Valentine Giesey, RoVjert Patterson, John Blythe, andN. Isler, 
wlici luid been appointed a committee to invite him to visit the lodge. He 
acee])ted the invitation, and was introduced by Brother John Davis. 

Brownsville Lodge, No. GO, and Pittsburgh, No. 45, were the only lodges 
west of the mountains which did not surrender their charters during the anti- 
Masonic excitement a little over half a centurj^ ago. From the Brownsville 
Lodge have s])rung the following-named lodges, viz: Fayette City, Union- 
town, California, Greensl)orough, Connellsville, Carmicheal, and Clarksville. 

BROWXSVILIJ-: CH.M'TLR, Xo. 1(14, R. A M. 

Cliartered in June, INIU. 'I'lii' following were the iirst officers: M. E. H. 
Priest, W. L. LalTerty: Kin,t(. C. 1'. Gummert; Scrilx', Thomas Dvtncan. 

ST. OMKR'S COMMANDERV, No. 7, F. T. 

Ap[)lieation was madr June 10, ISdi', to the Grand Commandery of Penn- 
sylvania to re\i\e St. (Jnier's C(,)mmandery, which had been organized at 
Uniontown in 1S53, and suspended work in the following year. The appli- 
cation was granted. E. Sir William Chatland was installed E. Commander. 
The commandery was ordered removed from Uniontown to Brownsville, 
where the first meeting was held Oeloljer 2o. 1S()2. The nmnl)er of charter 
members was twelve. 

WESTERN STAR iJJDGE, No. liC, F. asd A. iM. 

Chartered December 27, 1<S()(). The P'airfax (Wa.shington), Ecolite (Union- 
town), and Golden Rule (Wayneslnirg) Lodges were taken at different times 
from this lodge. 

BROWNSVILLE LODGE, No. r,\. 1 O O. F. 

Original charter August 20, 1832. N. G., A\'illiani Corwin; V. G., John 
Garwood: Secretary, Thos. S. Wright; A. S., Daniel DeLaney, Jr.; Treasurer, 
Thomas Duncan. 

Brownsville Lodge No. ol, I. O. O. F. is one of the oldest lodges of the 
order in tlie United States. Odd Fellowshij) was introduced into this 
country from England in IS 19, the first American lodge having been 
organized in Baltimore by Thcjmas Wildey and a few associates who had 
been made Odd Fellows in England. 

In 1872 Brownsville Lodge was visited by a destructive lire which de- 
stroyed all the books of record, hence bvit little of its early history is known. 
The older members, however, sjieak of many difficulties and trials which 
beset the early years of the organization. 



Joseph T. Rogers 

One of the Early Settlers and Business 

Men of the Three Towns 



Hon. Thomas Duncan 
Twice Judge of Fayette County 
and Prominent Business Man 




(ieo. W. I.cnhart 

Veteran Insurance Agent of the 

Three Towns 



Wni. Chatland 

The Originator of the "Famous 

Browtisville Water Cracker" 



178 



Brcnviisville I.odjje, No. 51, I. O. O. F. 




First Iron Bridge in United States, Across Diiiilap's Creek Between 
Brownsville and Bridgeport 



The first meeting place was in the tipper end of Brownsville. After several 
years they moved to a room in a building situated on the now vaeant lot 
l)et\veen the Monongahela Bank and the Railroad station. After a time 
tile- Union Grocery building was jnirchased; another story was added and 
ill us the present Odd Fellows building catnc into existence. While these 
repairs were being completed the lodge met in the Wilkinson Building. 

At the time of jjurehasing and remodeling IJie grocery ]:)ro])erty eonsider- 
.'il)le debt was incurred but by prvident and conservative management every 
dollar of the obligation has been paid, wliile the treasurer's statement shows 
a very satisfactory cash balance. 

The lodge is now in a very prosperovts condition and has briglu jirosjiccts 
tor a future continuance of the success which has marked its past history. 

Within a few years the last two surviving Charter members passed away 
namely. Brother Morrison and Brother J. A. Hill. Of those who joined shortly 
after the institution many have died; among them Thomas Duncan, H. J. 
Rigden, William S. Lafferty. J. W. jelTrey, James C()])e. S. Roberts, Henry 
Delaney, J. H. Bulger, J. M. Hutchinson, and Joshua Mechem. 

Among the survivors whose membership dates back fifty years more or 
less are Jacob Grasier, Daniel Delanej% William B. Burd, A. D. Lockhart, 
nnd L. C. Waggoner. The present officers are; G. W'. Hall, N. G.; Frank 
Wright, V. G.; Albert Weller, Warden; Daniel Delaney, Secretary; L. C. 
Waggoner, Treasurer; H. H. Griggs, Chaplain, and Trustees, E. S. Delaney. 
\V. H l^urd, and H. C. Fox. 



I'lof. Jno. A. Brashear 

The Well-Known Maker of Astronomical 

Instruments. Who Spent His Karl.\- 

Days in Brownsville 



Pcrcival I'hilliijs 

War Correspondent of the London I)ail.\ 

Express to Japan. Was Born 

in Brownsville 




Capt. Samnel S. Brown 

Who Owns a Stock Farm Just Above Brid( 

port — the Home of "Troubadour. " The 

Area of this Farm is 99912 Acres. 

I'nderlaid With Coal 



Al. (",. iMclds 

Who Kmbarked in the Show Business 

When Quite Young-, in Brownsville. 

He and His "rals" Fsed the 

.Stable for a Theatre 



180 



Mfinoiisjahela I.odi^e, Xo. 1305, (i. I'. O. of (). I". 




Ice Going^ Out of Moiunigalicla River 



MONONGAHELA LODGE, No. 1305 G. U. O. or O. F. 



The Jirst lodge of the G. U. O. of O. P., west of the Allegheny mountains, 
was established in Brown.sville, Pennsylvania, June 20, lcS()(), by Joseph C. 
Bustle of Unity Lodge, of Philadelphia, with a charter membership of twentj'- 
one, as follows: 

N. G. Terrell, T, T. Baker, B. W, Anietl, Henry Smith, Baker Moore, 
Phenton Plummer, Sydney Banks, S. C. Honesty, Moses Bolden, Samuel 
Jackson, Jerry Cain, Wilbert Craig, R. R. Bolden, Jas. E. Simpson, Loyd 
Demus, Samviel Mossett, Samuel I). Honesty, William Crable, Chas. Mossett, 
Wm. Johns, and J. C. Alexander. 

The first officers were : B. W. Arnett, X. (i.; S. C. Honesty, V. G.; N. T. 
Terrell, P. N. G. ; J. Cain, O. G.; T. T. Baker, E. S.; S. Mossett, P. S.; Wm. 
Crable, treasurer; R. R. Bolden, warden; J. C. Alexander, L G. 

Monongahela Lodge No. 1305 has established several lodges in Pittsburg 
and other points west of the Alleghen}* inountains and is styled the mother 
of all lodges this side of the mountains, which at this time number l)etween 
thi'cc and four thousand. 

In 1894 the lodge purchased a lot and erected thereon a building 27x56 
feet, three stories high, consisting of a fully equijiped kitchen, pantry and 
dining room on the first floor: an entertaininent hall on the second floor and 



James Mitcliell 
Bridgeport, Aue S9 Years 




Win. Craliani 
IJrownsville, Ajfe 93 Years 



Squire Kob't McKinley 
West Brownsville, Aae 84 Years 



182 Redstone Ukl Fort Hncanipiiient, No. 70, I. O. O. l". 

lodge room on the third floor. Tin- l)uil(ling cost al)out $3. ()()(). and at this 
time is used Ijy several lodges. 

The present ollieers are, J. M. Lanon, N. G. ; Roy Smith, V. G.; Benj. 
Tilghman. 1'. \. G.. T. Carson, N. F.; H. W. Mossett, P. N. F.; C. Hinton, 

A. D. v.; T. \V. Wood, treasurer; Benjamin Arnctt, P. S. ; A. Davis, E. S.; 
Wni, Stewart, ehajdain. Trustees, J. Vates, R. Kennedy, H. W. Mossett. 

RFDSTOXI-: OLD I-ORT i:.\rA.M I'M i:XT. Xo. 70, I. (). (). F. 

Original charter granted December 2[). 1S47. First officers: |ohn J- 
Rathmell, C. P.; Jacob Grazier, H. P.; James Storer, S. W.; Thomas Shmnan. 
J. W . . Daniel Delaney, Secretary; Thomas Duncan, Treasurer. 

TRIUMPH LODGE, \o. (118, L O. O. F. 

Chartered NovemVjer ID. LS(i7. First officers: I'. L. Clemmer, X. G. ; 
Florence Bernhert, V. G.; J. R. Thornton, Secretary; Jnhn R. McCune, A. S. ; 
Chas. T. Hiu-d, Treasurer. Later officers: T. S. Wood, N. G. ; Charles 
Gabler. V. G.; G. B. Clennnir, Secretary; H. H. Hawlev, Asst. Secrctarv; 
C. T. Hurd, Trcasmx'r. Charter svu'rendered long since. 

NEMACOLIX TRIBE, No. Ui'. IMPROVED ORDER OF RKI) MKX. 

Twentieth Sim of the Buck Moon, G. H. D. 379. Charter menil)irs: J. 
M. Hutchinson, D. P. Swearer, E. N. Coon, James B. Vandyke, A. V. Smith, 
R. I. I'atton. 

HROWXSVILLE LODGi:, No. 3.37, K. ok P. 

Chartered May '2S, 1872. S. B. P. Knox, James M. Hutchinson, James 

B. V'andyke, Thomas Dvmcan, Nathan Crawford, Van B. Baker, John L. 
Wise, Samuel A. Clear, James A. Hill, charter members. 

KEYSTONE TEMPLE of HOXOR. No. 4. 

Chartered May 9, 1850. Charter members: John S. Pringle. Oliver C. 
Cromlow, Robert K. Coulter, Hugh Kennedy. Henry C. J^/um, George C. 
Jsherwood, Freeman W^ise, D. W. C. Harvey, William England, John H. 
Lindey, James M. Hutchinson, Samuel N'oorhis, Charles T. HiutI, James 
Corwin, Moses Moorehovise, Thomas B. .Mur])hy, William L. Faull, A. G. 
Minehart, Thomas Craven, Thomas Banks. 

Tem])lar's Hall was bought by the Keystone Temple of Honor in 1S57. 
and destroyed by fire in 18(5 L Present building (Wilkinson Building) was 
erected the same season and was iised by K. of P., Red Men, I. O. O. F. and 
others for some time. 



The Compact 



, Signed in the Cabin of the "Mayflower," Nov^ 
iith, Old Style, Nov. list. New Style, 1620. 

" In the nii^ie of God, amen, we whose names are 
underwritten, the loyall subjects of our dread soveraigne 
Lord, King James, by the grace of God, of Great Britame, 
Franc and Ireland king, defender of the faith, &c., haveing 
undertaken, for the glorle of God, and advancemente of 
the Christian faith, and honor of our king and countrie, 
a vo)'age to plant the first colonic in the northcrnc [larts 
of Virginia, doe by these presents solemnly and mutualy 
in the presence oi God, and one of another, covejiant and 
combine ourselves together into a civill body politick, for 
our better ordermg and preser\'ation and furthercncc ot 
the ends aforesaid; and by vertue hereof to enacte, consti- 
tute and frame such just and equal! laws, ordenances, acts, 
constitutions and offices, from time to time, as shall be 
thought most meete and con\'enient tor the general good 
of the colonic, unto which we promise all due submission 
and obedience. In witness whereof we have hereunto 
subscribed our names at Cap-Codd the 1 1 of November, 
in the year ot the raigne of our soveraigne lord, King 
James of England, Franc and Ireland the eighteenth, 
and of Scotland the flftv-fourth, ANo Dom 1620." 



L 



. CHRISTOPHER MAJt 
WILLIAM Ml'LLINS 
WILLIAM WHITE. 



JOHN CRACS6TON. 
JOHM BILLINGTOX, 
MOSH6 FLETCUKK. 
JOHK < 



DEGORY PRIHST. 
THOMAS WILLIAMS, 
GILBERT WI7JSLOW, 
fCDMOJID UARCESOH. 
TETER BROWN. 

RiCHARi} brittekiix;k. 

RICB.ARO CLARKE. 
RICHARD GARDII7ER. 
JOHN ALLERTON. 



Kindly loaned us by :Mr. Roland C. KoRers 



184 Keystone Temple of Honor, No. 4 



KEYSTOXI-: T1-:MPIJ-: Ol- HOXOR, Xo. 4, rXIOX SOflAI. dkgree. 

Chartered December 13, 1850. Charter members as follows: C. Harvey, 
Emma Minehart, D. Cromlow, Lydia Voorhis, John S. Pringle, F. Wise, G. 
C. Isherwood, Martin H. Kennedy, R. K. Coulter, J. Corwin, M. Moorehouse, 
C. Drum, W. L. Faull, J. C. Lindsey, C. F. Hurd, A. G. Minehart and O. C. 
Cromlo\\'. 

TEMPLE OF HOXOR, Xo. 4, COUXCIL. 

Original charter December b"). bSol; re-chartered May 19, 1853: John S. 
Pringle, Freeman Wise, G. C. Isherwood, John S. Lindsey. charter members. 

JOHX E. MICHEXER POST, Xo. 173, DEPT. OF PA., G. A. R. 

This post was chartered May 13, 1880, with the following-named charter 
members: B. F. Campbell, William A. Barnes, N. W. Truxal, William Mc- 
Coy, Daniel Campbell, Samuel Wright, William H. Shaffer, James Smith, 
George W. Jenkins, John G. Jackson, Charles E. Eckles, Thomas Fetister, 
N. P. Hormell, William Wright, Henry Minks, George W. Ai'rison, J. W. Mc- 
Intyre. R. N. Chew, Henry Drake, S. Williams. F. T. Chalfant, Hugh Mc- 
Ginty, W. A. Haught, j. H. Gibson, j. T Wells, j. 1). S. Pnngle, John D. 
Hart, Entjch Calvert. 



MIRROR THAT HUNG IN THE MAYFLOWER. 

The old mirror from wliieli the i)ictin-e on op])osite page was made is now the 
property of Mrs. Morgan West of Damascus, Ohio. It was brought over in the 
Mayflower in 1620 by one of Mrs. West's remote ancestors and has been 
hannded down through many generations, as a ])recious heirloom. The faces 
that were reflected in this mirror as it hung on the walls of the cabin of the 
Mayflower as she was rocked on the waves of the Atlantic, have long since 
passed away, as have many generations after them, but the religiotis liber- 
ties that were dearer tlian life to them, and the ])rinciples to maintain which 
they crossed the stormy Atlantic, have grown and flourished until today 
they are as a mantle of protection spread over this glorious nation. 

SXUFF BOX THAT CAME OVER IX THE MA VI- LOWER. 

Another old heirlcjom tlial is now in the liands of Hunter Beall and that 
is highly prized, is an old snuff box that was brought over in the Mayflower 
by Moses Fletcher in 1620 and has been handed down through many genera- 
tions, coming to Mr. Beall from his great-grandmother, Nancy Beall whose 
maiden name was FletchiT. and who was also the great-grandmother of 
J. Percy Hart, the ])ul)lislKr of this book. Mr. Beall prizes it so highly 
that he remained at the art gallery or studio of our artist, W. D. Pratt, while 
it was being photographed and when a good negative had been obtained, took 
it awav with him. 




Mirror that luiiiu in Cabin of tlic Mayflowcr 
SnnfT Box that was bronght over on the Mayflower 



18G 



I'ett-r lluiit'^ [•aiiiDUs Skatinsi Rink 




PETER HUXT'S FAMOUS SKATIXCt RIXK. 



One of the most famous pleasiire resorts here some forty or more years ago, 
was the skating rink of Peter Hunt who was himself a unique and interesting 
character. This rink was located on what was for many years known as the 
second bottom and stood near the (ill and stone bridge of the Connellsville 
Central R. R., now building up Dunlap's Creek. Mr. Hunt flooded his rink 
every day during the winter taking water from the mill race and thus provided 
an excellent skating surface. He had a little hottse well provided with stoves 
in which skaters could warm and ])Ut on or take off their skates. 

The old Grooms Band led by Dr. Grooms furnished excellent music, and 
many was the merry lad and lass who glided over the smooth surface of that 
rink to the enchanting strains of Dr. Grooms' inusic, who would now be much 
at a loss on the steel runners, while many others who were then the gayest 
of the gay, like Mr. Hunt and his rink, have wandered away to other lands 
or passed down over the great di\ide. 

Outside the door of the little house, Mr. Hunt kept a thermometer and an 
old Scotchman who usually swept the rink, attached much im]>ortance to 
this thermometer. If it indicated extreme cold he would go in often to 
warm Init if the mercury was above freezing he was positive it was not cold 




William DixUis 

Secretary I'liited Mine Workers of 

America. District No. 5 



James Cami)hell 
Born at Albany, one mile below lirownsville. 
Was Pres. of the I'niversal I"e(leration of 
Window Glass Workers of tlu- World 
John Mitchell 
National President I iiited Mine Workers of America 
Patrick Dolan Theodore J- Shaffer 

President United Jliiie Workers of Pres. Amalgamated Assn. of Iron and Steel 

.America. District No. 5 Workers of America. Once lived in Brownsville 

and was J'astor of M. E. Ch\irch 



188 Tlic old Wooden Bri.l"-e 



no matter how hr felt. Not infrequentlj' the boys played tricks on the old 
man. They would hold the bulb of the thermometer in their hands till the 
mercury would climb up into the sixties and it is said that one cold day the 
old man was almost frozen but when he looked at the thermometer and saw 
that the mereury stood far aliove freezing, he shambled, shivering, back to 
his work murmuring that he did not know what w'as the matter with him as 
he could not stand the cold as well as he once did. 



THE OLD WOODEN BRIDGE. 

There was no communication by bridge across the Monongahela river from 
West Brownsville to Bridgeport until the year 1833, all the traffic across the 
stream at this point being accommodated by the ferries up to that time. 
More than twx^nty years earlier, however, the project of bridging the river 
at some point near the mouth of Dunlap's Creek was agitated by some of the 
inost prominent men of the vicinity on both sides of the river. In 1810 an 
act was passed (approved March 20th in that year) "to authorize the Gover- 
nor to incorporate a company for erecting a bridge over the Monongahela 
river at or near where the road leading from Brownsville to the town of 
Washington crosses the same," thus authorizing the location of the bridge 
at Brownsville or Bridgeport, as might be decided on. The act designated 
and appointed " Neal Gillespie, Jr., Parker Campbell, and Thomas Achcson, of 
the cotmty of Washington, Jacob Bowman, Thomas Mason, Charles Shaffner, 
Samuel Jackson, David Ewing, and Michael Sowers, of the county of Fayette," 
commissioners to receive subscriptions to the stock of the company to be 
formed. It was ',)rovi(led and reijuirod by the act that the bridge should be 
so constructed as not to (jbstruct navigation (except so far as might be done 
by the erection of the two abutments and three piers in the river), "or in any 
manner to obstrvict the passage over the usual fording place, which shall at 
all times be ojicn as heretofore to persons desirous of passing through the 
same." The company was of covirse atithorized to collect tolls. The bridge 
to be commenced in three years and finished in seven years from the 
passage of the act, under penalty of forfeiture of rights and franchises. 
Reference to the probable early commencement and completion of the bridge 
are found in the newspajH'rs of that time; but no wcjrk was e\'er actually done 
on it, nor does it appear that the bridge site was delinitely determined on 
or the neccsarv amount of stock subscribed. 

On the Ifith of March, 1830, the Monongahela Bridge Company was in- 
corporated, with a ca])ital of $44. ()()(). The corporators were George Hogg, 
James L. Bowman, Valentine Giesey, and Robert Clarke, of Fayette County, 
Daniel Moore, Jesse Kenworthy, Ephraim L. Blaine, John Ringland, and 
Thomas McKennan, of Washington County. By the terms of the incor- 
]:)oration William Davidson, George Craft, Isaac Meason, and Andrew Oli- 
phant, of Fayette County, and John Park. Jr., William Berry, and John 
Watson, of Washington County, were appointed cominissioners to locate the 
site of the bridge. These inen, taking into consideration the great amount 
of travel and traffic then coming to the river over the National Road, fixed 



190 \'isit of General LtiFayette 

the location at the point where that road strikes the river in Bridgeport, and 
where the bridge now spans the stream. 

Books were opened for subscrijitions to the stock in July, 1830, and the 
requisite amount was soon obtained. The contract for building was awarded 
to Messers. LeBaron & DeMond, at $32,000, with $5,000 additional for the 
approaches. They commenced work in the fall of 1S31, and on the 23d of 
November received the first payment of $500 an \hv contract. Apparently 
the work was not pushed very vigorously, for the bridge was not completed 
until 1833, the first tolls being received on the 14th of October in that A^ear. 

The bridge is a covered structure, of wood, six hundred and thirty feet in 
length, in three spans, standing on two piers in the river between the abut- 
ments. For nearly three-quarters of a century it has stood firm against the 
ice and numerous great tioods in the Monongahela, the most remarkable 
of which was, perhaps, that which reached its most dangerous point on the 
6th of April, 1852. The bridge has always been a very profitable investment 
to the stockholders, l)ut more particularly so in llie ])almy days of the 
National Road, before the railways had diverted its tra\"el and traffic into 
other channels. 

The first officers of the company were George Hogg, president; Thomas 
McKenna, secretary: James L. Bowman, treasurer. 

The jiresent officers of the bridge company are, George W. Lcnhart, 
President; W. A. Edmiston Secretary and Treasurer; C. L. Snowdon, S. S. 
Graham, Chas. W. Bowman, M. R. Jacobs. Roland C. Rogers. Joseph Bailey. 

VISIT OF GENERAL LAFAYETTE. 

The visit of the Marquis de LaFayette to Brownsville, in May, 1825, was a 
memorable event in the annals of the borough. Having started in 1824 
from the eastern cities on an extended tour of the United States, he was at 
that time mentioned moving eastward from the Ohio on his rettu-n. On the 
evening of the 25th of May, he arri\-ed at Washington, Pa., where he was to 
pass the night, and in the morning proceed to Brownsville and Uniontown. 
The reception committee of the last-named place were at Washington to 
meet him, and it appears that he considered himself as in their charge from 
the time of his leaving Washington. The message sent forward from that 
place in the evening of the 25th was, "He will leave here tomorrow morning 
early, will breakfast at Hillsborough, dine at Brownsville, and stip and 
lodge at Uniontown. " 

In accordance with this arrangement. General LaFayette. accompanied 
by his son, George Washington LaFayette, and his private secretary, set out 
from Washington at a very early hotn* in the morning of the 2()th, and took 
the road to the Monongahela river, escorted by the rt'ce]nion committee and 
others from Fayette County. The scenes attending the arrival of the party 
at Brownsville were described in an account written a few years later by one 
who witnessed them, as follows: 

"The citizens of Brownsville had also made preparations to give the 
General a very warm reception. At that time there was no bridge over the 



192 



\'isit of (itiicral Lal'avette 




Kred. S. Chalt'ant, Deed. Kx-SheriiT of I'":iyette Coiiiit,\ 



Moiion.iLijalulji al Brownsx'ilk', and cf)mmtmicati()n was kej)! up bclwei'ii the 
two counties of Fayette and Washington by means of a flatboat ferry. 
This ferryboat was magnificently fitted up by the citizens of Brownsville for 
this grand occasion, being nicely carpeted and decorated with beautiful 
arches. A company of volunteers, commanded by Capt. Valentine Giesej', 
was present, each member of the conijiany ]ia\ing tln' following appropriate 
motto jirinted and attached to his ea]i. Welcome General I^aFayette. ' 
About the time of LaFayette's arri\al on the ()])posite side of the river, the 
x'olunteers. acconT[)anied by twenty-foiu" ladies dressed in ■\\'hite. representing 
the tlien twenty-four states in tlu' L'nion. entered the ferryboat, and were 
soon landed on the opposite side of the river, whei"e the first general reception 
given to LaFayctte by the citizens of Fayette Cottnty took place, on the ferry- 
boat on the west side of the Monongahela River. 

"After a general welcome was extended to General LaFayctte by the large 
concourse of people assemliled on the shores, the ferryboat returned to the 
Brownsville side of the ri\-er. and the distinguished visitor was escorted, 
amidst the most unbotmded enthusiasm, to what was then called the Brashaer 



Letters from Andrew Jackson 193 

Hotel, kc'})t l>y Colonel Brashear, where a most sumptuous dinner had been 
prepared for the occasion. LaFayette's reception at Brownsville, in the 
language of one of the survivors of that memorable occasion, was affectionate 
and touching. So urgent were the citizens of that place for the General to 
remain that the committee from Uniontown, of whom George Craft, then 
sherilT of Fayette Covmty, was one, were compelled to remind him that a very 
large concourse of the citizens of the coxmty was awaiting his arri^"al at Union- 
town. Upon being thtts reminded, the General very ])leasantly remarked 
to the citizens by whom he was surrounded that he was now in the custody 
<if the sheriff, and that thev must excuse him. ' 



LETTERS FROM ANDREW JACKSOX. 

The foUowdng letters from Andrew Jackson to a committee that had 
charge of the reception tendered the General when passing through the 
Three Towns, is well worth a place in any history. 

Though written nearly a cjuarter of a century before the f|uestion of state 
rights, inflamed bj' the agitation of the slavery question, invoh-ed the coimtry 
in a bloody war, it will be observed by the tenor of the letter, that there was 
in the mind of General Jackson a fear or premonition that at some time there 
would be an attempt made to disrupt the Union, and also that Jackson w'ho 
is the patron saint of Democracy, stood philosophically and firmly for the 
Union. 

We are indebted to our fellow- townsman James Risbeck for Jackson's 
letter and the comments on members of the committee. 

Steambo.\t " Wm. Wirt." 

Oliio River, Mai\h 17, 1837. 

Gentlemen: I seize the first leisure moment, to express my gratitude to 
my fellow-citizens of Brownsville and Bridgeport for the warm and flattering 
manner in which I was received by them, through you as their organ, during 
the few minutes I had the pleasure to spend with them on the 14th inst. 
on my journey to the Hermitage. 

If my public services have contributed in and degree, to elevate the char- 
acter of our country, or to perpetuate our liberties, it will be the cherished 
and prottdest consolation of iny declining years, during the few remaining 
days, which inay under Divine Providence, he allotted to me on earth. 

Relieved as I now am, of the cares of public life, and retiring into that 
retirement, to which I have looked forward with so much anxiety and 
anticipated pleasure, I shall not cease to feel an ardent attachment "to my 
country, and an anxious desire for the preservation in all its purity and vigor 
of that constitution under which these states arc united. That constitution, 
under a wise adininistration of public affairs, mtist continue to make us in 
all future time what we now arc, a just, prosperous and happy ])eople. 

I have long entertained the opinion, that upon the ])reservation of the 
Union of the States depends the last hope of the world, for rational self- 
government among men. This opinion is not weakened by a long life of 
experience and observation of the jiractieal o])eratioii of our system. 



191 Letters From Andrew Jackson 

And it is with pleasure that I bear my testimony to the fact, that no por- 
tion of my fellow-citizens, have manifested a more firm attachment to the 
Union, than the people of the great State of Pennsylvania, a portion of 
whon^ you represent, and my parting admonition to all my countrymen is, 
to preserve the Union at all hazards. 

The testiinonial which my fellow-citizens of Brownsville and Bridgeport, 
ha\-e given me throvigh you, of their approbation of my efforts to serve my 
country, and of their personal esteem, is more gratifying to me, now that I 
have become a private citizen, and have ceased to exercise authority; and I 
beg you to assure them, that I will bear with me to the Hermitage the 
recollection of the kind opinions which they have been pleased to convey to 
me. 

I cannot forbear with grateful feelings, to reciprocate the kind benediction 
you have invoked from the Almighty disposer of events, for the restoration 
of niy health, and my eternal ha]3piness. and beg to assure you that 

I am with great respect your friend and fellow citizen, 

Andrew Jackson. 
To Messrs. 

Henrv J. Rigden, 

W. Y. Roberts, 

Eli Abrams, 

Benedict Kimber, 

Commitice. 

Wm. Y. Roberts was a prominent Democrat and was (the fourth) post- 
master (in 1838), and I think was also sent to the Legislature from Fayette 
Covm t y . 

Eli Abrams was associate judge of this county, and taught school in 
Brownsville in his young days. He also was a Democrat. 

Benedict Kimber was engaged in the glass business here and for a time 
was commander of some of the boats running on the Monongahela River, 
son, I believe, lived and probably still lives in Morgantown, W. Va. 

Henry J. Rigden was the sixth jjostmaster of Brow-nsviHe (in l<S4o), was 
for many years a justice of the peace here and died in 1887 at the age of 99. 
Rigden was also in the war of 1812 and had charge of the work at Presque 
Isle harbor from Nov. 25, 1839 to Nov. 21 , IS 10. He was a Democrat of the 
old school. 

I am not sure about Kimber's politics but am told by all the old people 
here who knew' the Kimber family that they were all Democrats. 

I give you this short sketch of the committee to show that " (31d Hickory" 
was not forgotten by the Democrats of Browns\"ille. 

Very respectfully yours, 

J.AMES RiSnECK. 






OITR POvSTM ASTERS 




Will. C. Steele, ISrownsville J. Bennett Moffitt, West lirownsville 

.Solomon G. Kreejis, Sr., Caduallader 



lURci'.ssi'.s oi" oiR Towns 




Wm. H. Kishcr, Hrovviisvillc 
Christian Snyder. West Hrownsville 



Thomas. A. Jeffries. liridjreport 



PRESIDENTS OF COUNXII.S 




W. \iiit. Winaiis. l!ii<lKei)ort 
Byrou MolTitt. West lirowiisviHe 



Hair\- KisiiiKcr. lirownsvillc 



SECRI'.TARIKS OF COI'NCILS 




Chas. W. Coulter, Brownsville 
Kdward C.rcgg, West Brownsville 



Kdwin I*. Couse, Bridgeport 



PRKvSIDKNTS OF SCHOOL BOARDS 




Ceo. 1,. ;Moore, Hiidsfeport 
Thomas. H. MofliU. Wtsl Brounsvilk- 



Win. A. Edmiston, lirowusvillc 



OTR ASSHSSORS 




Edw. S. Del,aney, Brownsville 
William Del^aney, Bridgeport (Elect) 



lycvi C. WagKoner, Bridgeport (Retiring) 
J. Will Harrison, West Brownsville 



vSOME OF orR AUDITORS 




Joseph ('jrafiiig-er. Brownsville 



Enimett R. Axton, West Brownsville (Retiring) 
}Ienry Mossett, Britigeport 



TAX COLLPXTORS 




George C. Steele. Brownsville 



James Kultoii, West Brownsville 



MEMBERvS SCHOOL BOARD, BROWNvSVILLE 




J. A. Huston 
ChaF. W. Gregg 



I-'iaiik Gal)ler 
Frank Gadd 



:mkmbers school board, \vI';st p.rowxsville 




Kdward Grejrg 
Edward Baird 



George Young 
David \V. French 



irSTICI'S OF Till", I'l'.ACI-; 




David M. Hart, Bridgeport 
Edw. I,. Moorliousc, I5ridK«'Port 



J. D. S. Pringle, West Brownsville 



MEMBERS BOARD OF HEALTH. BROWNSVHJ.E 




J. T. R(.s>^ 
Dr. Colk-y Milltr 



I)r. I,. N. Kcicl'.ard, Scc'\ 
Dr. C. C. Kcichard. Pre.s 



MEMBKRS HOARD Ol- III'.ALTH. I'-RII xil'.I'ORT 




Dr. Alfred C. Smith, Secy 
Geo. S. Herbertsoii 



Dr. Ilenr.N Kastman. I're.s. 



Some of Our Business People and 
Establishments 




Will. D. Pratt 



Rebecca D. Pratt 



W. D. Pratt is a son of H. M. and Mary E. (Bowman) Pratt and was born 
near Smithlicld, Fayette County, Pa., Febrnary 11, ISyu. In his childhood 
his health was so delicate that he did not get to attend public shool till he 
^\•as elc\en years old, but in the meantime he had acquired as much knowledge 
of the coinmon-school branches as most children would have done in school. 
After he was eleven years old he started to school, first attending the coinmon 
schools and afterwards the Western Pennsylvania Classical and Scientific 
Institute at Mt. Pleasant, Pa., and at the age of sixteen we find him suc- 
cessfully teaching school. 

Mr. Pratt taught ten tenns in FaA'ctte County, during the summer devoting 
his attention to carpentering and building at which he was remarkably 
successful. In the ineantime he had been studying photography more for 
pastiine and for love of the art than with a view to any pecuniary reward. 

However, his love for the work and his success at it as an amateur, finally 
prompted hiin to seriottsly consider the advisability of taking it up as a 
business or profession, and having determined to do so, in May, 1899, he 
purchased the art studio he now owns and conducts, from the administrator 
of the Marshal Dawson estate and has conducted the business e\-er since with 
phenomenal svxccess. His work ranks among the best in Western Pennsylvania 
and his studio is the rendezvous of lovers of art froiTi far and near. 

Septeinber 12, 1895, he iTiarried Rebecca Deusenberry, daughter of George 
and Alcinda (Dewalt) Deusenberry, a most estimable lady who like himself 
had been educated in the common schools of her native county, (Mononga- 
lia County, West Virginia) . had afterwards taught school and who had not 
onlv a love for art but artistic abilitv as well. Mrs. Pratt in order to take a 



ill 



Harry A. Cottom, Attorney at Law- 



more active part in the work of the studio, took a course in the famous 
Wolfe art studio in Daj^ton, Ohio, and with the knowledge gained there has 
entered fully into the work with her husband and to her is due in great part, 
the success with which Mr. Pratt has met. With few exceptions the illus- 
trations in this work were macle from ])hotographs taken in the Pratt studio 
or by Mr. Pratt in his freciuent excursions among the scenic splendors of 
Western Pennsylvania. Mr. Pratt has a large collection of negatives of 
scenery and points of historic interest in this part of the State and elsewhere 
and allows no opportunity to escape him to add to this collection. 




Attorney Harry A. Cottom 



H. A. Cottom, attorney at law, is one of the most ])romising young at- 
torneys at the Fayette County bar. At ])resent he divides his time between 
Brownsville and Uniontown, being in Brownsville Tuesdays, Thursdays and 
Saturdays and in Uniontown Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. 

Mr. Cottom was born in Lower Tyrone Township, Fayette County, Penn- 
sylvania, July 1(), 1877, and was raised on the farm working in the sttmmer 
and attending school in the winter. At the age of sixteen years he com- 
iTienced teaching at which he continued for six years, his last work in that 
line being in the West Newton and Scottdale high schools as instructor in 
inathematics. 

At intervals from ISU.'i to 1S99, Mr. Cottom attended the Waynesburg 
college and the Ohio Northern University graduating from the latter in 1899 
in the A. B. course. Three years later the same institution conferred upon 



Max Klein, Merchant Tailor 



•215 



him the degree of A. M. He also attended the West Virginia University 
Law School in 1901 during which time he was president of his class. 

In the spring of 1902 he entered the office of Attorney T. S. Lackey of 
Uniontown and on July 13, 1903, was admitted to practice at the Fayette 
County bar. He located in Brownsville in August, 1903, and has alrcad\' 
built up a lucrative practice. 




MAX KLELN, 

Merchant Tailor 



Among the most active and sticcessful business men of the Three Towns, is 
the irrepressible Max Klein, ncjw a large investor in real estate as well as 
proprietor of one of the l.)est and most |:><)])ular merchant tailoring estab- 
lishments in Browns\'ilk'. For some time after coming here Mr. Klein devoted 
himself exclusively to his trade, that of tailoring, and at which he is an expert, 
first working for S. H. Minehart as cutter and coatmaker, and later commencing 
business for himself. Mr. Klein has always had an eye to windward for any 
opportunity that might come his way and when it was assured that the 
Monongahela railroad would be built, he commenced to cast about for 
desirable investment in real estate. The result was that he soon accumulated 
considerable valuable real estate, doing so before the prices commenced to 
soar skyward and while others were yet hesitating as to whether it was good 
policy to enter the market and as a result has found his pro]^erty rapidly 
increasing in value. His holdings are fjuite extensive and well selected and on 
some of his lots in desirable residence localities he is now having a number 
of \-ery handsome houses built. 

In the meantime his merchant tailoring establishment is not neglected and 
continues to prosper and increase in business and popularity. Mr. Klein is 
a Ijusy man but is never too busv to show every courtesy to his friends and 



216 Melropulilau Life- Insuranct.' Company 



those with whom he docs Inisiness and it is with ])leasurc that his c'Dntcm- 
])oraric'S note his success. 

'I"hi' slorv (if Mr. Klein's hfe reads ahncst Hke a romance and the I'aet that 
he started out in the world lone-lKinded at the age of eight years and without 
any monetary assistance has aehiex'ed the degree of success he now enjoys, 
is ahnost incredible. 

Max Klein was born at Tisa Comd in Hungary, January 17. iSd'.l and was 
imbued with a migratory spirit ]jrompted by a desire to see something of the 
great wide world about him. from his infancy. Accordingh^ when he was 
only eight years old, he crossed the paternal threshold, turned his back upon 
the scenes of his childhood days and alone faced the world to do battle for 
himself. Xothing davmted by his yoiuh or rather infancy, for he was little 
more than an infant, nor by the ol)stiieles that confronted him he went forth 
confident of success, and though his ])arents had means to assist him. he never 
called \i]Kin them for aid or advice. 

At the age of ten, he entered a tailoring estal)lishment as an a])])rentiee and 
served there hve years for his board and clothes. At the end of this time his 
close aj)]jlication to business and natural aptitude had given him a good 
practical knowledge of the business and he went to Glasgow, Scotland where 
he worked at his trade sixteen months, but in the meantime his thoughts and 
attention had been direeted to the \ast area of thi- new world on this side of 
the water and he accordingly set sail for New York landing in Castle Garden 
in May ISSo. From there he went direct to McKeesport where he remained 
for two years. He then visited Chicago. Kansas City. St. Loitis, Dallas, 
Texas and many other ])oints in the west and south and finally returning 
north worked a short time at Youngstown, Ohio, after which he came to 
Brownsx'ille. With his career here every citizen of the Three Towns, is 
familiar and an admirer. 



.MKTRUl'OblTAX Lll-E IXSCRAXCE COMl'AXV ol' X lAV YORK. 
Assets, l|105,(io(),31 1 .(K). 
Ed. Taylor, Assistant Su])erintendent, Browns\-ille, I'a. 

The com])any of the people, Ijv the people, for the peo])le. I'roof of ])ublic 
confidence: The number of policies in force is greater than that of any other 
eom])any in America, greater than that of all the regular life insurance 
com])anies put together (less one) and can only be appreciated by comjjarison. 
It has a greater number of policies in force than the combined po])ulation of 
Connecticut, Vermont. X\nv Hampshire, Rhode Island, Delaware, P'lorida, 
Colorado, Oregon, Wa.shington, Wyoming, Nevada, Montana, Idaho, North 
Dakota, South Dakota, Utah. Alaska. Arizona. New Mexico, District of 
Columbia, Indian Territory, Oklahoma and Hawaii; or, as to cities it has as 
many as the population of Greater New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston, 
and St. Louis, combined. This company has more premium jjaying business 
in force in the United States than any other company, and for each of the 
last ten years has had more new insurances accepted and issued than any 
other company in the world. 



Kdward Taylor, Insurance Agent 



217 





W -■ 


^^^Hn^ ./J^^^HLaiMl 



Edward Taylor. As.st. Supl. Mctnipolitaii ]<ife Insurance Co. 



SIGXIFIC.\XT F.\CTS. 



This company's policy claims ])aid in 1903 a\'erage in number one for each 
minute a third of each business day of S hours each and in amoimt, $89.00 a 
minute the year throvigh. The following is the daily average of business for 
1903: 

359 per day in number of claims paid. 

6,297 per day in number of policies issued. 

$1,303,559.00 per day in new insurance written. 

$98.5S2.7() per day in jjayment to policy holders and addition to reserve. 

S33.S41.1.S ]3er day in insurance of assets as to the home trade at Browns- 
ville. Mr. Taylor located here two years and six months ago, starting with 
some 400 policy holders. During this time there has lieen added to this 
number of members of over 1,400 on Mr. Taylor's books. 

They write policies on people from one year to seventy years old. and from 
S800 to $100,000.00. If you wish life insurance of any kind, and an insurance 
of which you need not be ashamed, call on Mr. Taylor at Room 1 Monongahela 
National Bank Building, or incpiire of any of his agents and they will be 
pleased to explain any of their many contracts about which you wish to learn, 
and you will find out to your satisfaction, that they do business with an lionesty 
and a fairness that is excelled by none. 



218 



Howard H. lohiislon, News Dealer 




Uowanl li. Juhii>-t<m 

Howard B. Johxston, thf subject o[ this sketch, is a native of Browns- 
ville, Pennsylvania, having been born in the house where he now resides, 
April 21, 18t!3. He is a son of William Henry and Eliza J. (Brow-n) John- 
ston, who were amon,<j; the most ])romint'nt and highly respected citizens of 
Brownsville. 

Mr. Johnston received his early education in the public schools of Browns- 
ville and in the Brownsville high school and the State Normal at Kutztown, 
Pa., graduating from the latter two with the highest honors. On completing 
his education Mr. Jf)hnston took his ])osition in the ranks of otir leading 
educators and was a ])romim'iit figure in educational circles for al:)Out ten 
years, six years of which time he was principal of the Johnstown, Pennsyl- 
vania, high school, filling the position to the entire satisfaction of all con- 
cerned and with great credit to himself. 

While Mr. Johnston has always affiliated with the Republican party and 
taken an active interest in the work and success of his party, he has never 
aspired to political office. 

Two years ago Mr. Johnston bought and assumed control of the news 
agency of the Pittsburgh papers at this ])lace and has since conducted the 
business with marked success, rendering efficient and highly appreciated 
service to the hundreds of readers he daily supplies. He is an active, ener- 
getic man, with progressive ideas, and is ever ready and willing to lend a 
helping hand in promoting the w-elfare of the community in which he lives. 

April 28, 1807, he married Miss Amanda Brixner, the popular and accom- 
plished daughter of Christian and Anna B. (Sammatt) Brixner, of Johns- 
town, Pennsylvania. To this union there ha\"e been liorn tw'O children, 
Howard Brixner Johnston and ICdna Lillian Johnston. Mr. Johnston is an 
honored and active member of the Protestant l-^piscopal Church, Brownsville. 



Biographical 



Sketches of the Lives of Many of Our Early Citizens, Now De- 
ceased; Also of Some of Our Present Residents, and a Number 
Who Now Claim Other Places as Their Hompis. 



Judge Thomas Duncan. — Aniong the venerable men of Bridgeport, highly 
esteemed by all who knew him, and identified with the interests of the 
borough and its twin sister, Brownsville, by over half a century's residence 
and active business life within their limits, and ]jarticipating in the best 
measures, well performing the duties and dignifiedly bearing the responsi- 
Ijilities of good citizenship therein, watchful over the weal and social good 
order of the place where he so long made his home, was Judge Thomas Dvmcan. 
He was of Scotch-Irish, extraction. His father, Arthur Duncan, emigrated 
from County Donegal, Ireland about 1793, to America, and found his way 
into Fayette County as a soldier in the service of the United States among the 
troops sent hither by the government to suppress the AYhisky Insurrection. 
After the troops were disbanded he settled in Franklin Township, near Upper 
Middletown (then known as " Plumsock"), Menallen Township, and married 
Sophia Wharton, daughter of Arthur Wharton, of Franklin Township, but a 
native of England, who held a large tract of- land in that township, and was a 
man of strong individualit^^ Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Dvmcan passed the greater 
portion of their lives in Upper Middletown, but Mrs. Duncan died about 1845, 
in Pittsburg, to which place the family had removed, and Mr. Duncan, 
about in 1850, in Movmdsville, Va., at the residence of one of his daughters, 
Mrs. Nancy Rosell. 

Mr. and Mrs. Duncan were the j^arents of ten children, the second in 
number of whom was Judge Thomas Duncan, who was born in Franklin 
Township, August 22, 1807. He received his early education in the Thorn 
Bottom schoolhouse, in those days often pompotisly or ironically dubbed 
"The Thorn Bottom Seminary," on Buck Run, in his native township. 
During his boj^hood he wrought more or less in the Plumsock Rolling Mill, 
and at eighteen A^ears of age was apprenticed to a cabinetmaker. Thomas 
Hatfield, an expert mechanic, with whom he remained three years, and three 
more as a partner. He then removed to Bridgeport, where he resided until 
his death, February 21, 1894, caiTying on as his princij^al business that in 
which he first engaged. 



Note. — We regret that we are unable to print biographies of all of the prominent citizen.s of 
the Three Towns, both living and decea.sed. Init it i.s practicall.v impossible to do .so. 
Were we to attempt such a thing it would require not less than two years to complete the 
work. — Ed. 

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220 Judge Thomas Duncan 



Judge Duncan always took an active part in public affairs. He was a 
member of the first board of school directors in Bridgeport chosen imder the 
present law organizing the common schools, and earnestly advocated the 
enactment of the law long before it was made. He was frequently a 
member of the Common Council, and several times burgess of Bridgcj^ort. 
He also took prominent part as a Democrat in the politics of the county, was 
county commissioner from 1841 to 1843, both inclusive, and was elected in 
1851 associate judge of Fayette County for a period of five years, and re- 
elected in the fall of 185G for a like term, and fulfilled the duties of his office 
throughotit both terms. 

In 1837, Judge Duncan joined the Masonic order, uniting with Browns- 
ville Lodge No. 60, and filled all the offices of the lodge. He was a member 
of Brownsville Chapter. He was also a member of St. Omer's Commandery 
No. 7, of Brownsville, and also a member of Brownsville Lodge, No. 51, of the 
Order of Odd Fellows from 1834 to his death. Judge Duncan was a member 
of the Methodist Episcopal Chvirch from the last-named year until his death. 

In May, 1829, he married Priscilla Stevens, daughter of Dr. Benjamin 
Stevens of L'niontown, whose father, Benjamin StCA-ens, came to Fayette 
County from Maryland, and was also a ])hysician. Mr. and Mrs. Duncan 
became the parents of five children, two of whom are liA'ing — Mrs. Elizabeth 
Worrell, of Bridgeport, and Thomas J. Duncan, a lawyer practicing his pro- 
fession at AVashington, Pa. 



Dr. W. S. Dunc.w, of Bridge])ort, was the son of Judge Thomas Duncan. 
Dr. Duncan was born May 24, 1834; and here it may quite as properly as 
anywhere else be noted that the date of his birth was the only fact or 
item of the following biographical sketch which the doctor has independently 
furnished, he being decided!}^ averse, as he expressed it, to countenancing 
any "representation of himself in such manner as shall seem to have been 
suggested in whole or part by himself," or, "through favorable facts which, 
it will be obvious, were furnished by himself." So the interviewer was ad- 
vised to refer to others, and if there are fomid any errors of opinion or state- 
ment in this sketch they must be attributed to the writer's source of infor- 
mation. 

Dr. Duncan, thovigh long since gone to his reward, merits more emphatic 
notice in a work of this kind than is usually accorded to the living of any 
profession or vocation, for he occupied a place not only in the front rank of 
the physicians of Fayette Covin ty, but among the profession at large. He 
was a very careful and comprehensi\e in\'estigator. and a progressive man, 
keeping pace with the advance in medicine and its allied sciences by the only 
means feasible and practicable, especially to a country physician at a dis- 
tance from the colleges, lecture rooms, and hospitals, nameh% books. The 
caller-in at Dr. Duncan's office, thotigh he came from the city, where the 
best private medical libraries exist, was surprised at the extent of the doctor's 
library which contained the most vakiable standard medical works of the past, 
and was richly supplied with the most approved works newly issued in this 
country and Europe. Probably not a score of ])hysicians in such cities as 



Ur. W. S. Duncan 221 



New York or Philadelphia, individually possess libraries comparable in \alue 
to that of Dr. Duncan, and it \vas probable that out of all the other medical 
libraries in Fayette County not one-half as many separate works, or works 
by different authors, could be gleaned as were contained in his. Medical 
books are just as much a positive necessity for the integral understanding 
and scientitic practice of medicine as are good sound "horse sense," an ex- 
cellent fundamental education in medical science, prudence, etc., which 
were too a-i)t to be supposed all that a physician needs. He must keep up 
with the advancement of medical science if he would be truly successful 
and great, and he should be vmwilling to be less. Books were |)ractically 
his only source of information. No one physician's "experience," thovigh 
it cover a half century of practice, and countless eases of experiment and 
speculation, can afford any considerable information or "scientific facts," 
in comjjarison with what books supply, made u]i as they are out of the ex- 
periences and studies of armies of doctors and professors of medical science. 
The sick everywhere shotild consider these things, and the physician of 
large practice, it may be, but who is too indolent to read, or too penurious 
to provide himself \vith books, or he who is too poor, it may be, to be w'cll 
equipped with books, should be shunned; the former as dangerous, specula- 
tive, and who indolently "sets himself up" above the ripest books and the 
best philosophers, and so delil)erately defrauds his patients by failing to fur- 
nish what they have a right to exjiect; the latter as a subject of ]iity, of too 
weak parts to know his duty to himself and the ])ublic, and so willing to trifle 
with human life and subject it to risks rather than undertake to borrow what 
he cannot do without, and be what he pretends to be, a " doctor, " or learned 
man in medicine. It is no more than honorably due to Dr. Dvmcan to 
say that he did loyal and royal honor to the profession by providing himself 
in an unstinted manner with the ])roper appointments and equipments for 
practice, and the universal credit which was accorded him as a strong man 
in his ]jrofession implies the fact; for such a man a? he was, is ever ready to 
acknowledge that much of whatever he is he owes to his silent, richlv 
endowed friends, able bt)oks. 

For what follows posterity is indebted to two books in which professional 
notice of Dr. Duncan is made, one of which was entitled, "Physicians and 
Surgeons of the United States," edited by William B. Atkinson, M. D., 1S7S; 
the other a record of the "Transactions of the Rocky Mountain Medical 
Association." with biographies of the members, by J. H. Toner, M. D.. a 
leading physician of "Washington, D. C. (1877); 

" Dr. Duncan was liberally educated at Mount Union College, Stark 
County, Ohio. His medical studies were commenced in 1855 with Dr. M. 
O. Jones, then of Bridgeport. Matriculating in the rmiversity of Pennsyl- 
vania, he took a full covirse of lectures, and received his degree of M. D. 
therefrom in March, 1858. During the last year of his medical course he 
was a member of the private class of Dr. J.J. Woodward (one of the medical 
attendants of President Garfield in his last illness), in the special study of 
pathology, anatomy, and microscopy. In June, 1858, he formed a part- 
nership with his preceptor in Bridgeport and commenced practice. The 



222 Dr. James B. Grooms 



partnership continued for about two and a half years, when the doctor 
entered upon business alone, and remained by himself, in the oftice where he 
wrote his first prescription, until his death which occurred May 16, 1892. 

" Dr. Dvmcan served as a volunteer surgeon at Gettysburg, was captured 
by the Confederate troops, but svicceeded in escaping. In the latter part of 
his life, his labores were occasionally interrupted by excursions, the winter 
months being spent in Florida or other ])arts of the South, and part of the 
svimmers in New England and Canada. Like most country practitioners, 
he engaged in general practice, including surgery, and performed a number 
of important operations — for hernia nine times, and treacheotomy seven 
times, and successfuUj^ performed the operation of excision of the head of 
the htimerus, and of the lower part of the radius. Dr. Duncan was a member 
of the Fayette County Medical Society, and held in tm^n all its oflfices; also 
a member of the Pennsylvania State Medical Society, and was one of its 
censors. He was a member of the American Medical Association, and of 
the Rocky Mountain Medical Association, and was an honorary member of 
the California State Medical Society." 

Dr. Duncan was a close student, and contributed (juite extensively to 
medical literatvire. Among his niunerous and able papers are those entitled 
as follows, and that merit special mention: "Malformation of the Genito- 
urinary Organs " (American Journal of Medical Science, 1859) ; "Belladonna 
as an Antidote for Opium Poisoning" (Ibid., 1862); "Medical Delusions" 
(a pamphlet published at Pittsburg, 1869); "Reports of Cases to Pennsyl- 
vania Medical Society" (1870-72); "Iliac Aneurism Cured by Electrolysis" 
(Transactions of the same society, 1875); a paper on "The Physiology of 
Death" (1876). 

Dr. Duncan was married March 21, 1S()1. to Miss Amanda Leonard, of 
Brownsxilli'. 'I'liev liad Dne cliild, a daughter, Ht'len Duncan, who married 
I. Holmes PaUon. Mr. I'allon died May 3, 1898. 



Dr. J.AMES B. Grooms who died March D, 1895, still lives in the hearts 
of the iK'tiple of the Three Towns, and fur generations yet to come his memory 
will be cherished for his magnanimity his kind heart and willing hand in 
sympathizing with and helping those in pain and distress, for in his practice 
he never turned a deaf ear to the "call of the -worthy, and many arc the grate- 
ful hearts that gladly testify to his kindness. 

Dr. Grooms was born in Carmichails, Washington County, Pa.. Jiily 2, 
1827, and was a son of Benjamin and Mary B. (Keer) Grooms. He was the 
eldest son of Benjamin Grooms, who was one of the earlier settlers of Greene 
County, coming from Maryland, and who married Mary B. Kecr. 

In youth he was noted for his indvistriovis, sttidiotis habits. His religious 
inclination led him early to unite himself with the church, and at the age of 
17, was a member of the church of his choice — the Methodist Episco- 
pal. His Christian experience was a beautiful realization of faith, hope and 
charity. He was a self-educated man, using the money he earned himself 
to fit liim for the profession he loved so well. He taught school several years, 



Dr. Nerval W. Truxal 223 



till he iinally completed his medical education in Cleveland, Ohio. On 
completing his course in materia medica, he settled, to practice his profes- 
sion in Carmichaels, Pa. 

In 1853 he married Elizabeth J. Wiley, daughter of William Wiley, of 
Carmichaels, who with Ulysses C, now in business in Peoria, 111.; Joseph C, 
land and claim agent of the P. & L. E. R. R., Pittsbm-g, Pa., Charles E., in 
business in Brownsville, Pa., and Misses Mary B. and Mattie G., at home 
surviv'e him. 

When the miu'mur of discontent was heard in our land, and the dark days 
of civil strife caused cheeks to blanch with fear for the safety of ovu" Union, 
he enlisted with the Ringgold battalion, a company being fcjrmed in Greene 
and Washington Cotmties, and which was afterward merged into the 22d 
Penn'a. calvary. He ser\'ed se^'eral years, and vipon coming home the in- 
delible stamp of decrepitude was plainly visible ujjon his former iron frame. 

The doctor was of an inventive turn, and he, \\ith his father, jjatented one 
of the first repeating magazine riiles in existence; also a rotary steam engine. 
In lS6fi, he, with his family moved to Bridge]i()rt, where he ]n"acticed his 
profession till death called him in his G8th year. 



Dr. Norval Wilson Truxal, one of the prominent physicians who prac- 
ticed medicine here in Brownsville some thirty-odd years ago, was born at 
Greensburg, Pa., Jttne 14, 1S22, and died in Brownsville, July 11, 1893. 
When a boy in his native town, he entered a printing office as an apprentice 
and learned the art i)rescrvati\'e, afterwards publishing a paper for a time in 
Mt. Pleasant, Pa. In the meantime, however, he had studied medicine, and 
early in life commenced the ]iractice of that profession, which he continued 
till his death. It was about the year ISdS when he located in Brownsville. 

When the war of the rebellion broke out, he responded to his country's 
call and served as captain of Company I, Fifth West Virginia cavalry, till 
the close of the war. 

L. M. Truxal, editor and proprietor of the Enterprise a wide-awake and 
up-to-date newspaper at Belle Vernon, is a son of Dr. Truxal. 



Joseph Talbot Rogers. — The history of Brownsville presents many ex- 
amples of successful business men. One of the best of these is the late Mr. 
Rogers. His character, indvistry and business abilities are especially worthy 
of commendation. 

Mr. Rogers preferred old Browns\-ille to all other ])laces. He came here 
as early as 1830, and from that time until 1893, when he retired from busi- 
ness, was actively engaged in the commercial interests of our town. With 
one excejition, he was the oldest resident of the two towns, and of the pioneers 
who were his contemporaries, only a very few survived him. He was born on 
a farm near the Westland meetinghouse, in the neighborhood of Centerville. 
Washington County, Pa., on the 26th day of April, 180(5. 

The Rogers family was one of the earliest to settle in Bucks County, the 
home of William Penn and one of the three original counties of the State. 

Mr. Rogers's grandfather moved from Bucks to Chester Countv, settled 



224 Joseph Talbot Rogers 



there, and nxarried Mary, daughter of Joseph Talbot, of that county. His 
son, John Rogers, Mr. Rogers's father, came from Chester County to Wash- 
ington County. His early boyhod was spent upon the farm. At the age of 
24 years, he came to this place and engaged in the manufacture of woolens. 
The facory was situated at the place where Miller's flouring mill afterwards 
stood. After a few years he (fuit manufacturing to enter mercantile 
life. While in the latter he took ])an in other local enterprises, including 
llu- building and furnishing of steamboats for tin- Ohio and Mississippi 
Ri\-ers. In this business he was assciciated willi liis cousin, Robert 
Rogers, one of the well-known ])i()neers of western steamboat building. 
Mr. Rogers was a shareholder and director in the Monongahela Bridge 
Comjjany, and the Second National Bank owes its existence more 
to him than any other person. This Bank, as is shown by its charter 
number 135, was one of the lirsl to organize under the laws of 
18G3. The government was then endeavoring to establish a uniform 
currency throughout the country, by the organization of national 
banks. This was for the i)urpose of assisting the government in its struggle 
against the Rebellion. It was at this time that Mr. Rogers displayed most, 
his ability as an organizer of iinancial concerns. Many difficulties were en- 
countered, but his determination overcame tliem all. When organized, this 
bank was called the First National Bank, and Mr. Rogers was its First Vice 
President. He afterwards became its President, and held the position 
twenty-seven years, resigning it in lSi)o. According to the Banker's Mag- 
azine, he was the oldest bank president in America. He seemed, in his old 
age, to have retained all his faculties intact. Mr. Rogers married Priscilla 
Mercer, daughter of Rev. Boyd Mercer, of Washington County. He resided 
here continuously from 1839 to the time of his death. 

He was a man of regvilar habits and was particularly fond of his home, 
he suffered the loss of his wife in ISliS. but continued to live ha]>i)i]y with 
jiis children, upon whom all his affection and interest seems to have centei-ed, 
in his old age. Four children survive him: Roland C, of this ])lace, retired; 
Talbot M., a retired business man of Philadelphia; Mary, wife of Rev. R. M. 
Wallace, D. D., of Lcwistown, Pa., and Annie, wife of Rev. T. D. Ewing, 
D. D., of Corning, Iowa. Mr. Rogers left an ample fortune and a name of 
which his children may well feel ])rou(l. 



Joux S. \\'iLGUS, the subject of this sketch, was born in I'erryopolis, 
Fayette County, Pennsylvania, October 2S, 1S23. and was the son of John 
and Deadamia (Donnelly) Wilgus, the former of whom was born in New 
Jersey, September 12, 1786. Samiiel Wilgits, grandfather of Jolm S., was also 
a native of New Jersey where he was reared and educated. He married 
Miss Rhoda Whitney who bore him four children, William, James, Edmund 
and John. He died in his native state. 

John S. Wilgus passed his youth at the old home in Perryoi)olis, Pa., and 
there received a liberal education. He commenced his business career as 
a clerk in a grocery store and afterwards embarked in that business for him- 
self. 



John S. Wilgus 225 

September 21, 184.3, he married Barbara Hunter, a dattghter of Samuel 
Htinter of Westmoreland County, Pa., and to this happy tmion were born 
seven children, as follows: T. B., Melissa A. (Mrs. D. M. Hart), Jane (de- 
ceased), Eva (Mrs. William Beatty), Dora (Mrs. Krepps), Blanche (Mrs. 
Fred L. Mason), Ettie (Mrs. Dr. Crawford). Barbara Hunter's mother was 
a Miss Nancy Fletcher, leneal descendant of Moses Fletcher, who came over 
in the Mayflower in 1620. 

John Wilgus, father of John S., was educated by his mother and by close 
application to books, became, considering his inferior advantages, a remark- 
ably good scholar. He afterwards moved to Pennsylvania and located at 
Perrj^opolis of which place he was one of the justices of the peace, an office 
at that time of no inconsiderable importance. He always took a deep and 
active interest in the ])olitical movements in his section and was prominent 
in his party, first as a Democrat and later as a Whig. He was a consistent 
Christian and an active, progressive member and local preacher of the Meth- 
odist Episcopal Church. In New Jersey he had married Deadamia Donnelly, 
daughter of Joseph Donnelly who came to Pennsylvania with Mr. Wilgus in 
ISOii. The children born to this union were Joseph, Lorenzo, Melissa, 
Louisa, Charlotte, Emily, John vS., Deadamia, Rhoda and Hulda. He died 
near Perryopolis. Pennsylvania, in October 1871. While a resident of Perry- 
opolis, he read medicine and law, and for se^•eral years ])racticecl as a physi- 
cian. He was the first one to suggest the building of the Union Pacific Rail- 
road in a letter to James K. Polk who was at that time President of the ITnited 
States, as will be seen elsewhere in this vokmie tmder the head of "Rail- 
roads." 

Jcilm S. Wilgus was originally a Whig, casting his first vote for Henry Clay. 
When the Re])ublican party was formed, he enrolled himself under its banner 
and continued with it till his death. He held various offices of honor and trust 
during his life, among then:i being that of postmaster at Browns\-ille, to which 
position he was appointed in 1873. In 1880 he went into the grocery business 
in Monongahela City, which he continued till 1800 when he was elected alder- 
man of that city. 

He was an earnest and active member of the Disciple Church and took a 
deep interest in all matters for the advancement and betterment of his town, 
county and state. He died at Brownsville. Pa., June IG. lUOl. at the ripe 
old age of 77 years 9 months and IG days. 



Mr. William Chatl.\nu, of Brownsville, was born at Stratford-on-Avon, 
Warwickshire. England. June 9, 1811. He is the son of William Chatland 
of Meriden, a borough six miles north of the city of Co\'entry, in the same 
shire, and of Pricilla (Green) Chatland, of Brier Hill, Staft'ordshire. 

Mr. William Chatland, Sr., died in London about 1819, at the age of forty 
years, and some five years subsequent to the death of his wife, which occiu-red 
in 1814. Mr Chatland, who was but three j^-ars of age at the death of his 
mother, was placed in the charge of his grandmother, Mrs. Ann Chatland, by 
whom he was reared tnitil abovit his tenth year, when his grandmother died. 
He was then taken by his uncle, Joseph Chatland, a prosperous baker of 



226 William Chatlaiid 



Coventry, with whom he resided until about his thirteenth year, and was 
then apprenticed to Daniel Claridge, a famous baker of Coventry at that 
time, to learn the trade of baking in all its branches. He remained with Mr. 
Claridge for seven years. After the expiration of his apprenticeship he 
went to London, and there, during a period of three years and a half, cccupied 
positions in tw^o first-class houses of that city. After finishing his stay in 
London he returned to Coventry, established himself in the baker's business, 
and married Miss Elizabeth Manton, the daughter of William Manton, a 
farmer of Berkwells, Wanvickshire. He condvicted business in Coventry for 
some six years, after which, selling out, he migrated with his family — wife 
and three daughters — to the United States, arriving in New York April 20, 
1844. In a few days thereafter he took the old "Bingham Line" for Pitts- 
burgh, Pa. Tarrying there a while prospecting, he eventvially moved to the 
county seat of Washington County, where he resided, carrying on both the 
baking and confectionery business, for about eight years, and in 1852 organ- 
ized a company of fifteen persons to go with him by the overland route to 
California, where, at Sacramento, he bought out a baking business, which he 
conducted w'ith great success until he was seized by a fever and ague, and was 
compelled to leave the country. He retvirned to his family, who had re- 
mained meanwhile at Washington. Failing to find a suitable location for 
business in that town, he betook himself to Brownsville in 1.S54, where he 
has since resided, carrying on business by himself for about eighteen years, 
when he took into partnership his son-in-law, George W. Lenhart. the hus- 
band of his dattghter Sarah. Under the firm name of Chatland & Lenhart 
they do an extensive business, and enjoy the reputation of making the best 
water cracker now in use. The word "Brownsville" stam]>ed ujjon a cracker 
means it is the best. 

In ISOG George W. Lenhart became a meml)er (if the lirm and hecontinvied 
a partner till 1895 when he withdri'w and his son 'William L. Lenhart took his 
place. The yotmger Lenhart, like his father before him. and his grandfather 
in the earlier days, is a wide-awake, progressive man and the business has 
continually grown and flourished until the products of the Chatland & Len- 
hart cracker factory are favorites in many states. 

Mrs. Elizabeth Chatland dii-d at Brownsville, January 28, 1874. in the 
sixty-first year of her age, lea\ing a husband and three daughters, Elizabeth, 
Mary Ann and Sarah Ann Kate, the latter being the youngest and as before 
stated the wife of George W. Lenhart. 

Mr. Chatland and his family were members of the Protestant Episcopal 
Church in which Mr. Chatland was for many years a vestryman. From 
1884 Mr. Chatland was a prominent member of the Masonic fraternity. 
He was District Deputy Grand Master for Pennsylvania for fifteen years. 
District Deputy High Priest for sixteen years and also Eminent Commander 
of St. Omer's Commandery No. 7. held at Brownsville, for about eighteen 
years. Mr. Chatland was an old and honored citizen and was justly proud 
of his record as a Mason. He died A])ril 1 1, lUOO, in his 89th year. 



John Herbertson 227 



Joiix Herbertson, of Bridgeport, wiin was for over sixty years one of 
the most active business men and stibstantial citizens of the borough in 
which he resided, was born in Glasgow, Scotland, September l(j, ISO"). In 
his childhood he attended the common schools, and had the good fortune to 
listen to many of the scientific lectures of the renowned Ure. At seventeen 
vears of age he left home for America. Having spent some time in learning 
the joiners' and cabinetmakers' trades, and the law at that time forbidding 
mechanics to leave the realm, yotmg Herbertson got his tools smuggled on 
board the ■'Comnrerce," the ship on which he took passage, and which, 
after a voyage of five weeks and two days, landed him in New York, in July, 
1S23. He soon proceeded to Marietta, Ohio, to enter upon farnring under 
the misrepresentations of one Nahitm Ward, a great scamp, who by misrep- 
resentations induced many people of Glasgow and elsewhere to leave their 
homes and settle upon his lands. At Marietta, Mr. Herbertson "acquired" 
little else than fever and ague, and moved, after a few" months, to Pittsburg, 
Pa., where he arrived in April, 1824. He lived in Pittsburg about five years, 
meanwhile learning the trade of steam-engine building. In 1829 he en- 
gaged A\-ith John Snowdon, of Brownsville, as foreman in his engine shop. 
He remained with Mr. Snowdon about seven years. During this time Mr. 
Snowdon took the contract for putting up the iron bridge across Dunlap's 
creek, the first ever built in America, as it is the first of its kind ever built 
in any country. For this bridge Mr. Herbertson did all the headwork, and, 
in fact, all the mechanical work. He designed the bridge, making the first 
drawing which was sent on to West Point, and there accepted by the 
government construction engineers. He made the patterns, super\-ised the 
molding, and also the erection of the bridge. 

After the expiration of his engagement with Mr. Snowdon he went into 
the business of engine building with Thomas FauU, the firm name being 
Faull & Hei'bertson. This was in 1837 or 1838. He continued in business 
with Mr. Faull till 1842, when the latter withdrew, and Mr. Herbertson 
continued the business on the same site until his death August IG, 1890. He 
built a large number of steainboat and mill engines. His work was ordered 
from distant parts of the United States and from Mexico. As a skilled 
mechanic and designer of mechanical work, but few men, if any. in his line 
excelled him. Up tintil his death he took an active interest in his business, 
and with the aid of his sons, all thoroughly instructed in the business and 
competent to take their father's place and let him wholly retire, if he would, 
he still carried on an extensive work, which, however, after September. 1880. 
was conducted by him in partnership with his sons, George S. and William 
H. Herbertson, and his son-in-law, William H. Ammon, and Mr. A. C. Cock, 
under the firm name of John Herbertson & Co. The business is now con- 
ducted by his sons under the firm name of J. Herbcrtson's Sons. 

"So man's reputation for integrity and the other virtues which go to make 
a noble and honorable man, stood higher in his community than that of Mr. 
Herbertson. 



John S. Prixgle. — A history, though abridged, would be incomjilete, 
even in that form, without sitecial mention of John S. Pringle who, until liis 



•2-2S John S. Pringle 



death June 6, 1884, was a central figure in the progressive force of the Three 
Towns, though he retired from bttsincss in 1879. 

He was the only son of William Pringle, a Scotchman, who emigrated to 
America when a young man. and Elizabeth (Snyder) Pringle, who was of 
German descent, and was born October 23, 1804, near McKee's Gap, Blair 

Covmty. Pa. 

His opportunities for an education were such as the subscription schools 
of the neighborhoods in which he resided during his minority afforded. He 
employed his spare moments in the study of business men and methods, 
and by the time he reached his majority he was fairly equipped for the work 
whicl^ was to engage his attention in after years. When eighteen years of 
age he left his father's house, which was then in Bedford County, and came 
to "Redstone Old Fort." The first work which he performed after coming 
to Fayette County was in the boat yard of Joseph Allen, at the mouth of 
Little Redstone Creek. He developed a fondness and an aptness for boat 
building, and after remaining with Mr. Allen one summer was employed as 
foreman in the yard of Robert Rogers, of Brownsville, for whom he built 
the first fiat-bottomed boat launched west of the Alleghenies. The superi- 
ority of his boat over others then in use was manifest, as was also Mr. Pringle's 
ability as a boat builder, and orders for vessels like this one, were so numerous 
that he determined to embark in business for himself. He began in the 
yard at Brownsville, and remained there until 1844, when he purchased the 
Ephraini Blaine property in West Brownsville, and upon it graded and 
established a boat yard, which he operated until 1879, when, incapacitated 
by old age and disease, he transferred his business interests to the care of his 
son, John D. S. Pringle, and his son-in-law, Andrew C. Axton, both of whom 
are noted for their energy and Ijusiness ability. 

Mr. Pringle was a courteovis, hospitable gentleinan and his life was honest, 
busy and ttsefixl. He was a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 
to whose benevolent enterprises he was a liberal cc^itributor. He died at 
a ripe old age respected by his neighbors, esteeined by his friends, and sincerely 
loved by his family. 

He was married May 3, 1832, to Elizabeth P. Horner, who died November 
29, 1844. By this marriage there were six children: Elizabeth, Ann, Wil- 
liam II., George W.. Sarah and Mary. 

Mr. Pringle was again married October 10, 1845, to Sarah Ellen Snyder. 
To tins union there were born ten childri'U. They are John D. S., who did 
good service in the war of the Rebellion as a member of Company F, Eight- 
eenth Pennsylvania Cavalry, David S., Nancy, Ella, Isabel, Esther, Mary, 
Simon P., Christian S., now union station agent at Brownsville, and Andrew A. 

Mr. Pringle's business life in this coinmunity extended over a period of 
more than half a century, and in that time he launched over five hundred 
boats upon the Monongahela River. The largest one in that number was 
the "Illinois." She was three hundred and four feet long, had a fifty- two- 
foot beam, and was seven tv-five feet across the deck. 



Samuel Steele 229 



Mr. Samuel Steele, of Brownsville, was of Scotch-Irish extraction. His 
great-grandparents came to America from the North of Ireland about 1740, 
and settled, it is believed, in Eastern Pennsylvania. On the passage owv 
the Atlantic Mrs. Steele presented her husband with a son, who was given 
the name of William, and who was the grandfather of Mr. Samuel Steele. 
William grew up to manhood and found his way into Maryland, where he 
married and resided for a period of time, the precise record of which is lost; 
but there se\-eral children were born to him, one of whom, the oldest son, 
was John, the father of Samuel Steele. About 1783 or 1784, William Steele 
removed from Maryland with his family to Fayette County, to a point on 
the "Old Packhorse Road" about six miles east of Brownsville, where he 
purchased a tract of land, which was divided into several excellent farms, 
later occupied by Thomas Murphy, w-ho resided upon the old Steele home- 
stead site, and others. William Steele eventually removed to Rostraver 
Township, Westmoreland County, where he died in 1806. 

Some years prior to his death Mr. William Steele purchased for his sons 
John and Williani a tract of land in what was Jefferson Township, and em- 
braced the farm later owned by John Steele and Joseph S. Elliott. John 
Steele (the father of Samuel S.) eventually married Miss Agnes (often called 
" Nancy") Happcr, by whom he had eight children, of whom vSamuel was the 
fourth in number, and was born June 15, 1814. Mr. John Steele died June 
6, 185G, at about the age of eighty-three. 

Mr. Samuel Steele was brought up on the farm, and in his childhood at- 
tended the subscription schools. In his eighteenth year he left home and 
entered as an apprentice to the tanning and currying trade in the establish- 
ment of Jesse Cunningham, his brother-in-law, a noted tanner of Brownsville, 
where he ser\'ed three years in learning the business. After the expiration 
of his a])])renticeship he entered u]>i)n the pursuit of \'arious businesses, 
among which was tlatboating agricultural products, apples, eider, and 
provisions of various kinds down the Monongahela to the Ohio, and on to 
Cincinnati and Lousiville, where he ustially sold his merchandise, but some- 
times made trips to New Orleans. He followed the business in springtime 
for some seven years, ending about Februarj', 1843, when occurred the death 
of Mr. Jesse Cunningham. Mr. Steele then entered into partnership with his 
sister, Mrs. Cunningham, imder the firm name of Samuel Steele & Co., 
and carried on the business at the old place till 1860, when the partnership 
was amicably dissolved, and Mr. Steele sank a new yard, a few blocks higher 
up the hill, where he conducted business. In 1880 he took into partnership 
with himself his son William, tmder the firm name of " Samuel Steele & Son. ' ' 

February 11, 1852, Mr. Steele married Miss Elizabeth A. Conwcll, of Browns- 
ville, by whom he had four sons and four daughters, all of whom are living. 

In politics he was formerly an old-time Whig, but was later an ardent 
Republican. In religion he preserved the faith of his fathers, being a Presby- 
terian. His wife and daughters were members of the Episco]:ial Church. Mr. 
Steele died August 4. 1886. 



Samuel Thompson was an extensive land holder, and a large coal o])erator 
along the Monongahela river, in the Pittsburg bed of the great Apalachian 



2.'50 Samuel Thoiii]isoii 

coal field. He was a son of John iind Ruth (Lewis) Thomjjson, and was 
born in East Bethlehem Township, Washington County, Pa., March 23, 1820. 
He was one of a family of ten children. 

He remained on the old homestead abotit two miles from Beallsville until 
he was eight years old when he removed with the family to the adjoining farm 
now owned by Rev. J. L. Thompson, where he spent his boyhood days. No- 
vember 2d, 1843, he married Miss Martha Jane Cooper and moved into the 
house in which he was born. He farmed in the summer and thrashed in the 
winter. In the spring of 1848 he moved to the Riggle farm now owned by 
Lewis Weaver and which was stocked by him, a mile from Centcrville, Wash- 
ington County, Pa. July the Sth of the same year his wife died and he went 
back to live with his father, farming in the summer and running a distillery 
in the winter, hauling his products to Brownsville from Robert Hawkins', 
where he lived and farmed until 1857. He then moved in with his brother 
Isaiic on a farni two miles from Bealls^"ilk', which farm is still owned by one 
of his sons, where they ran a distillery vmtil ]S()(), when Samuel Thompson 
moved to Brownsville, where lie continued the liquor business as a speculator 
in 1802 and followed the insurance business insuring against draft. He 
built the distillery in West Brownsville known as the Thompson distillery. 

Julv 12, 1859, he married Miss Esther Wilson, of Washington County, who 
died May 30, 18G4, leaving three children — their names are, Robert W., George 
D., and Thomas H. Febrviary 25. 1872, he married for his third wife Miss 
Elizabeth Crawford, of Fayette County. She died Jtme 20, 1877. In 1882 
Mr. Thompson married his fourth wife. Miss Bridget Dawson. 

For many years Mr. Thompson served as director of the F'irst, after\\ards 
the Second National Bank of Brownsville and also as a director and vice presi- 
dent of the National Deposit Bank of Bridgeport. He also owned stock in the 
Citizens Bank of Washington, Pa., and was a stockholder in the Natural Gas 
Co. He and his nephews also had a bank in Eureka, Kansas. In addition 
to this he owned seventeen farms aggregating 3,000 acres of good farming 
land. Se\-en of these farms are in Washington Covmty, five in Fayette, 
two in Iowa and three in Kansas and are all underlaid with coal. 

He was identified with the Second M. E. chtu-ch, Bridgcjxirt, in which he 
was an earnest and zealous worker imtil his death. 

In the spring of 1898 he was struck by a train from which he never fully 
recovered, and from the injuries he died December 7, 1899. 

Mr. Thompson w^as a man who never put ofT for tomorrow what he cotild 
do today. He was philanthropic, careful of his ]iromise and his word was as 
good as his bond. 



J. Nelsox Sxowuox was born in Brownsville October 15, 1827; he at- 
tended the common schools of the borough. He is a son of Captain John 
and Mary (Smith) Snowdon. 

In 1845 he accepted a position as clerk in the forwarding and grocery 
house of George Cass, Avhich position he held but a short time. He became 
second clerk on one of the river packets in 1840 and remained on the river 



J. Nelson Snowdon 231 



until ISo-i, during which lime he had command of and owned sexcral boats 
that were running on the Ohio River. 

In 1854 he went into partnership with his father and brother Samuel in 
the foundry and machine shops and the boat-building business, tlie name of 
the firm being J. Snowdon & Sons. In 1860 Samuel withdrew, and the name 
of the firm was then changed to J. Snowdon & Son. 

This firm built two gunboats for the Government during the war (the 
Umpqua and Manayunk), at a contract price of over one million dollars. 
The latter named boat was so great a fa\"oritc in the Na\'y that when the 
gunboats were sold off, at the close of the war, she was retained in the 
service and her name changed to Ajax. 

The firm of John Snowdon & Son also had a large foundry, machine shop 
and boat yard at Pittsbui^gh, and employed as many as two thovisand men 
in this shop and the one at Brownsville. The greater part of the material 
for the two gunboats was turned out at Pittsburgh. 

In 1850 they turned out t-\venty-six complete steamboat engines. During 
the same year they took contracts to build and complete, in all its parts, 
an entire steamboat in sixty days, and finished and delivered it in forty-fi\-c 
days — fifteen days sooner than the contract time. 

In February, 1878, Mr. Snowdon was appointed postmaster at Browns- 
ville by President Hayes, and reappointed in 1882 by President Arthur. 

Mr. Snowdon was elected school director at the time that the erection of 
a public school building was in question, against a strong opposition, as in 
favor of the building, and was made chairman of the board and held that 
position for eight years. 

In January, 1853, he married Miss Eliza J. MeSherry, daughter of James 
McShcrry, who was a tailor of Brownsville. To this union were born three 
children, Charles L., J. Howard, and Mary, now the wife of Walter Bare, 
of Lancaster, Pa. 



T. S. Wright, a native of England, came to America and to Brownsville 
in 1848. He learned Marble cutting under his brother Moses, by whom he 
was received as a partner in 1868. The firm did an excellent business and 
in 1875 Moses Wright retired. After that T. S. Wright conducted the busi- 
ness alone until his death. In 1880 he put in steam power which enabled 
him to manttfacture granite equal to any city works, and superior to most of 
them. This improvement alone cost $2,000. Mr. Wright erected many of 
the finest monuments and memorials in Fayette, \\'ashington, Greene, AA'est- 
moreland and Allegheny cottnties. Among them might be mentioned the 
soldiers' monument at Uniontown which is made of Massillon sandstone and 
which is admired by everyone who sees it. 

His workingmen, of whom he employed thirteen, were all skilled and artistic, 
and worked almost exclusively from original designs by Harry S. ^^'right, 
son of the proprietor. His works occupied two lots and l)uildings at the 
comer formed by the junction of Front with Market Streets in Browns\-il]e. 
and there was not a busier place, or one better worth visiting in town. Mr. 



232 Captain Adam Jacobs — Jesse H. Bulger 



Wright was a live citizen, always imjjroving, always alert to everything that 
was for the benefit of the town, and was social, affable and intelligent. 

Since the death of T. S. Wright, his sons have conducted the business under 
the firm name of T. S. Wright's Sons and have added all the latest improved 
equipments for doing work economically, speedily and yet reach the highest 
degree of perfection. Il is but justice to the deserving to say that they 
maintain the reputation their venerable father established. Their works 
and warerooms are now located on Water Street in Bridgeport. 



Captain Auam Jacobs was for many years one of the most prominent and 
active men in this section of the country and was identified with many of the 
most ])rominent and extensive enterprises. He was born in Brownsville, 
January 7, 1S17 and attended the pay schools of that day till he was al)Out 
IG 3'ears of age when he was apprenticed to G. W. Bowman to learn copper- 
smithing. He remained with Mr. Bowman for about four years when he 
went into the business for himself. He did not continue at coppersmithing 
long, however, for in several years we find him steainboating on the western 
rivers at which he continued till 1S47. While during this time he was en- 
gaged to some extent in boat bviilding, from 1847 on he pushed it vigorously 
at times having as many as eight boats under contract at once. He built 
about 130 steamboats before he finally retired from the business. Among 
his other enter])rises he also conducted several mercantile establishments very 
successftilly. 

On the 22d of I'ebruary, 1S38, Mr. Jacobs married Miss Ann Snowdon, 
daughter of John and Mary Smith Snowdon. They had ten children eight 
of whom lived to maturity and some of whoin are still honored members of 
this community. 

From 1872 to his death, Ueeember IS, ISSM, Mr. Jacoljs divided his time 
between his home in Brownsville and his country seat at "East Riverside," 
on the Monongahela River in Luzerne Townshi]), Fayette Covmtv, Pennsyl- 
vania, preferring the latter ])lace in the summer. 

Jesse 1:1. Bii.cer was born near Fredericktown, Washington County, 
Pennsvlvania, in IN 19 and received his education in the common schools of 
that county. Mr. Bulger was a molder by trade and at one time was a member 
of the firm of J. Herbertson & Sons. It was at this time that he made the 
iron railings on the Dunlap's Creek iron bridge. He was also engaged in the 
grocery business until the time of his death, July 9, 1901. 

While Mr. Bulger was not a politician he was frecjuently chosen to fill 
municipal offices, serving as a member of the board of education of Bridge- 
port and also as treasurer of the borough for a number of years. 

November (i, 1846, Mr. Bulger married Miss Mary Scott. There were 
born to this marriage seven children as follows: H. Ward, now deceased; 
Miles G., cashier of the Second National Bank of Brownsville; AVm. H. and 
Rinard R., both of the firm of Bulger Bros., merchant tailors; Thomas W., 
who carries on the merchant tailoring business in Uniontown; Howard H., 
druggist; Jessie, now the wife of James M. W'est, of Pittsburg. 



Roland Clay Rogers 233 



Roland Clay Rogers, retired merchant, who resides in the old Rogers 
homestead on Bank Street, Bridgeport, Pennsylvania, where he was born 
June 23, 1844, is one of the men to honor whom is a pleasure. Modest and 
tmassuming, with philanthropy backed by a generosity of which few people 
know, in many instances not even the recipients of his generosity, he goes 
his way, doing good whenever and wherever opportunity affords, invariably 
following the scriptural injunction "Let not thy right hand know what thy 
left hand doeth. " His beneficiaries are many and in fact there are few if any 
public enterprises to which he has not and does not continue to contribute. 

Mr. Rogers is a son of Joseph Talbot and Priscilla (Mercer) Rogers, who 
were among the oldest and most prominent families of the Three Towns, 
their ancestors having settled near here early in the nineteenth century, 
[n fact it is to his father Joseph T. Rogers more than to any other man that 
the First National Bank (now the Second National Bank) owes its existence 
as well as its prosperity. Roland C. Rogers was educated in the Bridgeport 
public schools and at Schwickley academy, and early in life embarked in the 
mercantile business. This he followed in Philadelphia from 1864 to 1884 
with gratifying success, when he wisely decided to retire from business and 
return to his native town and spend the rest of his days enjoying the fruits 
of his labor and quietly furthering the interests of the municipality in which 
he makes his home. 

Mr. Rogers like many worthy men, is rather reticent about himself and 
avoids publicity as much as possible, preferring to do quietly and without 
ostentation what his judgment dictates and his hands find to do. To a 
casual observer, he is a courteous, affable gentleman, but to those who by 
constant association with him have learned to really know him, his depth of 
character and breadth of generosity, have endeared him beyond that degree 
ordinarily called friendship. 

While Mr. Rogers has never aspired to political preferment, he has been 
called upon to fill many positions of honor and trust and has always made 
a record that is a credit to him and his friends. For three years he was a mem- 
ber of the Bridgeport council and during most of that time served as its 
president. He was also chairman of the light committee during his term as 
councilman and one of his firmest characteristics, that of self-sacrifice for the 
public good, was strongly brought out at that time. The borough was then 
lighted by manufactured gas and the question of changing to electric lights 
was up to the committee. Mr. Rogers was a large stockholder in the gas 
company, and notwithstanding the fact that it was directly against his own 
financial interests, as chairman of the light committee, believing it for the 
best interest of the public, he recommended the adoption of the electric 
light and it was accordingly done. And, it is scarcely digressing to say that 
if the Congress of the United States was made up of such men, the people 
would get their dues and the lobbyist would be out of a job. He has served 
as a director of the Second National Bank of Brownsville, the Bridge company, 
the Electric Light company, the Bridgeport Cemetery company, only taking 
stock in the later company when it was assured him that it would not be 
conducted for the benefit or profit of the stockholders. He is now and has 



234 Solomon Gilk-spic Krc-])p.s 

for the past thirty years. V)ccn a member of the Historical Society of 
Pennsylvania, and was for many years Vice President of the Second National 
Bank of Brownsville. Mr. Rogers is also a member of the Pennsylvania 
Forestry Association, and with his visual characteristic of practicing what he 
preaches, he has of his own accord, planted 170 trees in the Bridgeport ceme- 
tery. He is a great admirer of art and is a life member of the Fairmont Park 
Art Association of Philadelphia. While not a member, he has always been 
affiliated with the Presbyterian church, and with the apostle of old believes, 
and demonstrates his belief, that it is more blessed to give than to receive. 



SoLO.MON Gillespie Krepps, the present efficient postmaster of Bridgeport 
(Cadwallader Postoffice), is the son of Samviel J. and Ehzabeth (Brooke) 
Krepps, daughter of Clement and Ann (Dillon) Brooke of Baltimore, Maryland. 
He is of Welsh and German descent. His great-grandfather, Christian Krepps, 
was born in German}^ in 1701 and came to New Jersey abovit 1760 and subse- 
quently, about 1775, came to Western Pennsylvania and bovight a tract of 
land in what is now Washington County, from the Indians, beginning at 
what is now West Brownsville and extending toward Maiden. When the 
Indians, incited by the French, became so hostile in Western Pennsylvania, 
Mr. Krepps with many other settlers of this section, left his land and went 
back east, settling for the time at Philadel])hia. He served dtn-ing the Revo- 
lutionary W^ar as did also two of his sons. 

In 1782 he returned to the "Knob" farm and commenced the cultivation 
of his land but he only enjoyed this home a short time, for in 1784 he died 
from the effects of a gunshot woimd he received at the battle of Brandywine. 

John Krepps, then a young man of twenty years, took charge of the estate 
and lived on the old home farm. The adjoining farm east, Avas owned by 
Neal Gjellespie w^ho had bought it from Indian Peter as recorded elsewhere 
in this volume, and on this farm \{\qc\ the lovely Mary Gillespie, to whose 
charms John Krepps fell a willing \-ictim. They spent the remainder of their 
days on their farm living at the foot of Kre])])s' Knob. The fcjllowing chil- 
dren were born to this union: Christian. Solomon Gilles])ie. Samuel Jackson, 
Eleanor and John. 

Samuel J. Krepps, the father of the subject of this sketch, married Miss 
Elizabeth Brooke as above stated, and they settled down in the valley. For 
a time Mr. Krepps operated a sawmill which was run by water ])ower, the 
water being taken from a dam then across the Monongahela river. In 1832 
he btiilt a house in what is now known as "The Neek," in Brownsville, for a 
residence and storerooms, and which is now the popular Monongahela house. 
Here they lived for many years and here their children were born. There 
were born to them here, John Brooke, Mary Ellen, Anna Eliza, Clement 
Dillon, Charles Wycliff, Samuel W., Solomon Gillespie, and Christian C. 
Krepps. In 1847 Samuel J. Krepps returned to the Indian Hill farm where 
he and his estimable wife spent the remainder of their days. The children 
attended the district schools and later took collegiate courses. Solomon G. 



William C. Steele 235 



Krepps, the subject of this sketch, selecting as his alma mater the famoiis old 
Jefferson college, then at Canonsburg, Pa., bvit now the Washington and 
Jefferson college, at Washington, Pa. 

In the spring of 18()1, Solomon G. Krepps responded to the call of his 
country for vokinleers to preserve the Union and enlisted with the first 
compan}' that left here for the front, and which by the way was the first in 
the United States to respond to Lincoln's first call. In July of the same 
year he was mustered into the service at Merridan Hill, D. C. Januarv 6, 
1862, he was made second lieutenant of Company D, Pennsylvania Infantry 
Corps. February 19, 18()2, he was appointed by Abraham Lincoln to the 
rank of second lieutenant in the Fourth Infantry, L'nited States Regxilars. 

At the close of the war, j\lr. Krepps returned home and in 18()9 he married 
Miss Margaret Moffitt, daughter of James and Katharine (West) Mofifitt of 
Bridgeport, Pa., and they took up their home in the house on Water street, 
Bridgeport, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, that had been built for his vtnele, 
Solomon G. Krepps, in 1813, where they still reside. To this hapjjy itnion 
there ha\-e been born two children, Katharine, now Mrs. James Colvin Higin- 
botham, and Solomon Gillespie Krepps, Jr. 

Mr. Solomon G. Krepps, Sr., was burgess of Bridgeport in 1S78, a member 
of the board of education in 1885 and was appointed postmaster (jf Cad- 
wallader post office, Bi-idgcport, January 17, 1899, which office he still h(^lds 
abh' assisted bv his most estimable wife 



William C. Steele, the present efficient postmaster of Brownsville, and 
a son of Samuel and Elizabeth A. (Conwell) Steele, was born in Brownsville, 
Pa.. May 23, 1857, and has resided here continuously since then. He 
received his education in the Brownsville schools and in the Southwestern 
Normal. In 1878 he became a partner of his father in the tannery business, 
the firm name being Samuel Steele & Son. In 1888, Mr. Steele closed up the 
tannery business and entered into the mercantile business, dealing in boots, 
shoes, hats, caps. etc. Eleven years later or in 1899, he sold out his business 
to take the position of postmaster of Brownsville to which position he had 
been appointed by President McKinley. He assumed the duties of the 
ofilice February 15, 1899 and has continued as postmaster ever since to the 
entire satisfaction of the patrons of the office. 

December 14, 1881, William C. Steele and Miss Alice, daughter of Capt. E. 
D. Abrams, of Brownsville, were married. The result of this happy union, 
was four children, namely Bessie (deceased), Helen J., William Conwell, Jr. 
(deceased), and Lawrence. 

Politically Mr. Steele is a Republican and has always stood high in his 
])arty and as a member of the community. He served for twelve years 
in the borough coruicil, and for six years as a member of the board of educa- 
tion, duifing all of which time he was secretary of that body. He is a vestry- 
man in Christ Episcopal church and a popular and progressive citizen. 



236 John B. MotTitt — Squire Rob'l McKiiik-y 

John B. Moffitt, the present efficient postmaster of West Brownsville, is 
a native of that borough and received his education in the common schools. 
He is a son of James and Eliza J. (Bennett) Moffitt and followed blacksmith- 
ing from 1801 to 1897 when he was appointed postmaster and has served con- 
tinuously since then. 



Robert McKinley, the svtbject of this sketch, is the oldest citizen of West 
Brownsville, and one of the oldest of the Three Towns. He was bom in 
what is now a suburb of Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland, April 
4, 1820, and is a son of James and Nancy (McCaslin) McKinley. Robert 
Kinley's father was a subcontractor under his brother, Henry McKinley, 
in building some of the eastern sections of the National Pike, and it was 
probably this that led Robert's parents at an early day to come west and 
settle near Bealls\'ille, AVashington County. After reinaining there some 
time, Robert McKinley came to Brownsville and learned the cooper trade 
under l-^dwiird Stone. 

Some years later, but while still a young man, he went back to his native 
State and entered into partnership w-ith his brother Henry, who was a printer. 
They bought the Cumberland AUeganian, a new-spaper published at Cvimber- 
land. This they successfully published till the death of his brother, which 
occurred about three years after the partnership was formed. On the death 
of his brother Mr. McKinley sold out the newspaper and, settling up his 
business, returned to Washington County, Pennsylvania. In the mean 
time, howe\-er, he had met and surrendered his heart and hand to Miss 
Zillah Clark, a most charming and estimable young lady of Cumberland, 
and the daughter of George and Nancy (Price) Clark. They were married 
December 11, 184"). 

It was shortly after tlieir marriage that they came to West Brownsville, 
where Mr. McKinley embarked in the grocery business, his store being lo- 
cated on the corner w-here the P. V. & C. depot and offices are now located. 
During the more than half century that he has li^■ed in West Brownsville 
he has been engaged in A'arious lines of business, always meeting with grati- 
fying success. He served as Justice of the Peace for abotit thirty-five con- 
secutive years and has filled every municipal office in the gift of the people 
with entire satisfaction to his constitutents and honor to himself, only- 
retiring from the office of Justice of the Peace about five years ago. 

Mr. and Mrs. McKinley, who are now quietly enjoying the fruits of a long 
life of industry and frugality, in their handsome home in West Brownsville 
on the banks of the Monongahela River, are the happy parents of ten children, 
seven of whom are still living, and all of whom have long since grown to man- 
hood and womanhood. The living are, William Henry, George Clark, Annie, 
Addison Kirk, Mary E. (now the wife of Gordon Jones of Cincinnati), Sarah 
E., and Margaret (now the wife of James F. Blair, of Pittsburgh). 



William (Traham 237 



Mr. McKinley is a lifelong Democrat, having cast his first vote for James 
K. Polk and voted for every Democratic Presidential candidate since then. 
He has always taken a deep and active interest in all matters pertaining to 
the good of the commtmity in which he lived, and has the satisfaction to 
spend his declining years in the midst of those who have known him all their 
lives and learned to respect him for his many sterling qualities. He has 
been a lifelong member of the Presbvterian Chnrch. 



WiLLi.-\M Grah.-vm, the oldest and one of the most respected citizens of 
Brownsville, and in fact the oldest man in this section of the country, was 
born in Brownsville, September 19, 1812, and received his education in the 
primitive schools of that day. He is a ship carpenter by trade and followed 
that business most of his life, though in his early days he worked for a time 
at shoemaking. 

His first wife was Elizabeth Burd and to this union there were born five 
children, Susan, Isabel (now dead), John, Sarah, and Robert now in the drug 
business in the "Neck." 

Mr. Graham's second wife was Lydia Vorhees and to this second tmion 
there were born two children, William and James. 

Mr. Graham has lived in and near Brownsville all his life and has seen this 
country change from what was virttaally a wilderness to one of the richest 
and most prosperous in the Union. When the National Pike was built he 
worked on it as a water boy and often relates with much satisfaction the fact 
that as the government had established the wages at 87ie and did not stijm- 
late whether this was to be paid to men or boys, he got the same wages as the 
men, which at that time was considered a princely 3tun. 

Though over ninety-two years old. he is still spry and his memory and 
sight is still good, and it is a rare treat to sit and hear him tell of the incidents 
that transpired over three-f|uarters of a century ago. 



James Monroe Mitchell, now the oldest man in Bridgeport, was bom at 
Hagerstown, Maryland, November 22, 181G, and is a son of John and Mary 
Ann (Ashton) Mitchell. When he was quite young, he came with his parents 
to Brownsville where, and in Bridgeport, he has since resided Avith the 
exceptions of about twelve years during which time he lived in Perrvo]K)lis, 
Pennsylvania. 

Mr. Mitchell attended the public schools of Brownsville and Bridgeport 
and after quitting school, took up shoemaking which he followed all his 
life. During the time he was in Perryopolis, or to be exact, December 28, 
1836, he married Miss Charlotte Page who was a faithful and loving 



238 Stc])hc-n I. Cadd 

wilV till her dealh which occurred March 1, IXUl, when she was S5 years and 
one month old. 

Mr. Mitchell now lives with his son Josej)!! on Bridgeport Hill, and is re- 
markably s])rv for a man of his years. 



Stephen I. Gadd, a highly respected citizen of Brownsville Township, and 
a blackswith by trade, was born in German Township, Fayette County, Pa., 
March 7, 1824 and is a son of Elijah and Mary (Haney) Gadd. His father 
was also a blacksmith by trade and a native of Redstone Township, Fayette 
County, Pa. His mother, Mary Haney, a daughter of Samuel Haney, was 
born in German Township, Fayette County, Pa., as was also Samtiel 
Haney, who died there. 

Stephen I. Gadd, was educated in the schools of German township, and 
learned his trade with his father. He has been twice married. Elizabeth 
Blasinger, his first wife, was a daughter of "William Blasinger, born near New 
Salem, Mcnallen townshij). and was married July 17. 1866; Mary A. Moss, 
his second wife, ^^■as the widow of Cunningham Moss, of Luzerne Township, 
to whom he was marriid the fourth of Jvme, 1868. He is the father of nine 
children, of whom six are living: Sarah, the wife of Wellington Reynolds; 
Mary, the wife of James Ball, Jr., of Luzerene Townshijr, Curtis, bom in 
Mcnallen Townshi]), A])ril 1, 1S.")1 .Jennie was burn July 14, 1855; Stephen, Jr., 
born May 4, ISli;), in Luzerne Township, and I'rank born in the same town- 
shij), July ;51 . 1873. 

Ste}>hen Gadd is a member, and is now treastirer, of Lodge No. 613, Inde- 
pendent Order of Odd Fellows, and is a strong Democrat and an efificient 
worker in his ]:)arty. 



Adam Jacobs was born in Brownsville, Faj^ette County, Pennsylvania, 
August 8, 1840, and is a son of Adam and Ann (Snowdon) Jacobs. He re- 
ceived his education in the Brownsville schools, in Merrittstown academy and 
in Kenyon College at Gambria, Ohio. 

For ten years Captain Jacobs was engaged in the mercantile business with 
his father in Brownsville. When the War of the Rebellion broke out. he 
enlisted in the 8th Pennsylvania Reserves, Company B, and served to the 
close of the war. He then returned home and commenced steamboating at 
which business he continued till 1901, running on the Monongahela, Ohio, 
Mississippi and Missouri rivers. 

In 1864 he married Miss Myers, a daughter of H. H. and Eliza 

Myers of Canton, Ohio. To this imion there were born live children, A. M. R., 
Helen, Ann, Laura and Ledanow dead. 

Mrs. Jacobs died and some years later, in lcS;)3, Mr. Jacobs married Belle 
S. Stoner, a daughter of Harry and Elizabeth Stoner of the East End, 
Pittsburg. To this latter union there were born two children, Katherine and 
Edward. 



W. H. Bright 239 



\V. H. Bright, the subject of this sketch, is a son of George and X'aiicv 
(SaviUe) Bright and was born near Bridgewatcr, Rockingham Connly, \'ir- 
ginia, June 28, 1(S52. His father died when he was about six years old and he 
was taken to raise by John and Anna (Grabill) Senger with whom he remained 
till he was seventeen years old, and who were as dear to him as his own ])arents 
could ha\-e been. He had grown up on the farm and up tmtil this time had 
spent but little tiuK' m school. At the age of seventeen he bade the old home 
good-bye and turned his face toward the great west. He stopped at Dayton, 
Ohio, and went to work on a farm in Montgomery County, where he sjjcnt his 
spare time in studying, and so diligently and persistently did he |:)rosecute 
the task he had set himself that in a few years we iind him as princijjal of the 
Centre schools in that county and a few years later as principal of one of the 
schools in Dayton. He taught here for several years and then went to Iowa 
where he taught school and learned telegraphy on the Burlington & Quincy 
railroad. 

It was about this time he fell in with George R. Ste])hens at Mt. Ayr, Iowa 
and commenced a newspaper career that has covered more than a quarter of 
a century and has been remarkable for the extent of his operations. He has 
owned and operated newspapers in Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Illinois, Indiana, 
Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee. In all of these states he would freciuenth' 
occiipy the position of principal of the school or one of the schools while 
publishing and editing the paper, but his time has been devoted principally 
to newspaper work since 1880. In the interim he traveled all over the 
west and south, in fact visited e\-ery state and territory in the Union and 
followed the Mississi])])i from lake Itasca to the Gulf of Mexico, and the 
Missouri for many hundreds of miles along its lower course. 

In 1879 he commenced to turn his mind in the channel of invention, and 
along with his other enterprises, in\-ented and patented many novel and tise- 
ful mechanical devices among them being a reciprocating electric motor, a 
rotary steam engine, a combination sprocket wheel for bicycles, a combi- 
nation hand ])iece for dental engines, a combination lock" on which he was 
allowed a patent in February of this year, a copy-paper holder for tyjjewriter 
and a twin hose cou])ler. considered the best vver yet produced. 

Mr. Bright is the author of many serial stories, column sketches or short 
stories and poems of exceptional merit; among the latter may be named 
"The Old Monongahela Still," written expressly for this book, and several 
shorter ones that appear duly credited. His "Moonlight on the Floor," 
"The Old-Fashioned Hollyhock," and "Thoughts of the Past." are excep- 
tionally good and have appeared in many ])ul.)lications. 

February 1, 1877 Mr. Bright married Miss Anna V. Musstlman. a daughter 
of Henry and Lena (Bright) Musselman of Montgoinery County, Ohio. To 
this vinion there were born five children, Clyde S., Walter R.. Homer. Edith 
Pearl, and lola Ma^^ Clyde is now a passenger brakeman on the P., V. & C. 
and resides in West Brownsville; Edith Pearl is the wife of Gilbert Monroe 
and resides in Portsmouth. Ohio, while the other three are dead. Homer 
died in Iowa at the age of one year, Walter at Portsmouth, Ohio at the age 
of twenty-one and lola May died at Oakdale, Pennsylvania, aged sixteen. 



240 J. Percy Hart 

Mr. l^ri^ht is now engaged in literary work and in company with J. I'ercv 
Hart the jJiibHshcr of this book and Harry Marshall, merchant of Brownsville, 
is engaged in promoting a corporation for the development of vast industries 
in the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia. 



J. I'krcv Hart was born in Brownsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, 
May IS, 1S70, and ^vas educated in Bridgeport and Monongahcla City schools, 
attending school during the day and clerking in the grocery store of his grand- 
father. John S. Wilgus, in the evening and Saturdays, at Monongahela City. 
He is the son of David M. and Sarah Melissa (Wilgus) Hart who are among 
the oldest and most prominent citizens of the Three Towns, and their ances- 
tors were among the pioneers of Western Pennsylvania, James G. Hart, 
grandfather of J. Percy, having been associate judge of Washington County, 
Pennsylvania, being first elected in 1856 and again in 1861, serving two terms. 
Tin- Wilguses were also very prominent, John Wilgus, the great-grandfather 
of J. Percy Hart being the inan who tirst proposed the building of the Union 
Pacific Railroad. 

J. Percy Hart took early to the newspaper business, first carrying papers 
and afterwards learning the j)rinler's trade in the Monitor office where he 
continued about nine years serving most of the time as foreman, but after- 
ward becoming editor and publisher. He is a staunch Republican and has 
always taken an active interest in the work of his party. He has served as 
secretary of the council of Bridgeport, and also as secretary of the board 
of health. He is at present engaged in the real estate business as junior 
partner of the firm of Marshall & Hart, the lirm doing an extensive bvisiness. 
and is secretary of the Buckskin Gulch Mining and Milling Company, a 
corporation operating a gold mine in Park County, Colorado. 

Mr. Hart is of an inventive turn of mind and has perfected a number of 
ingenious mechanical devices among them being the Humane Check Rein, 
a device by which the driver can rein or unrein the horse he is driving without 
getting out of the buggy or carriage, and on which he obtained letters jiatent 
of the United States, in 1899. 

January 16, 1S93. Mr. Hart married Miss Finky Z. Taylor, a daughter of 
John W. and Katherine (Wherry) Taylor of West Brownsville, Pennsylvania. 
To this union there ha\-e l)i'en born four children. Russell W.. Melissa M., 
T. Benton, and J. Percy. Jr. Russell W. and T. Benton died in infancy. 
Mr. Hart with his family resides in the Dr. Grooms homestead on Second 
Street. Bridge])ort, Pa, 

Robert Pktriello while a native of Italy, is a citizen of the United States 
and has been prominently identified with many gigantic enterprises. He 
was born at Torre le Nocello, Avellino, Italy, April 5, 1863, and came to 
America in 1878. He is a son of Baggo and Rose Petriello and was raised 
on a farm. When he set out for the New World, he determined to do what 
ever his hands found to do that was honorable and in this he has persevered 
and has met with flattering success. 

On landing at Castle Garden, the first work that offered, was picking old 
])a])er and rags, and while it held forth to him no flattering inducements, he 



Robert Petriello 241 



took hold with that vim and energy that has characterized his subsef|nent 
career. At the end of one week he secured a position with a gang of men who 
were working on a railroad up the St. Lawrence river to Winnipeg, where 
he handled the pick and shovel for nine inonths. 

We next find him at Pottsville, Pa., as foreman of a gang of men that he 
furnished for a contractor at that place. He I'emained here about three years 
and dtiring that tiiue in addition to handling a gang of men, he also run a 
bakery, furnishing bread for the men, as well as other supplies. From here 
he went to Upper Tyrone to superintend the work of building stone arches for 
a bridge at that place that Contractor H. E. Gaines was erecting. When 
this work was completed he went to Wilkesbarre as foreman for Charles 
McFadden, in railroad construction work. After eighteen months of work 
at Wilkesbarre he went with McFadden to Poughkeepsie, N. Y., where he 
owned the commissary and also built a large bakery. 

Mr. Petriello only remained at Poughkeepsie three months when he went 
to Philadelphia and opened up a wholesale grocery house. His good nature 
and faith in his fellow-men, however, was his tuidoing here for after trusting 
out about $10,000 worth of goods, and not being able to realize on his accounts, 
he went to the wall losing everything he had. This was only an episode, how- 
ever in the life of Mr. Petriello for he had not emlxidied in his vocabulary', 
the word "fail," so we next hnd him at Pottstown with George Potts, for 
whom he furnished a number of men, and from whom he also secured sub- 
contracts amounting to about $9,000. The work went on all O. K., but 
about pay time, Potts ran away and Mr. Petriello again found himself loser. 

This was a little discouraging, but Mr. Petriello took it philosophically and 
at once went to Laughan at Philadelphia Avhere he furnished Keller & Crosson 
a lot of men and was made foreman over a numlier of crews, or a kind of 
general boss. This was in 1 888. After nineteen months of work here he went 
with the same firm to Loretta, Cambria County where he furnished them a 
number of men and also secured a sub-contract from Chas. McFadden for 
five miles of grading and another sub-contract for grading about two miles 
for McManus & Riley. During this time he was running a bake shop and 
furnishing bread for the men on the works. Here, however, Mr. Petriello again 
found himself tip against it, for what he supposed was black dirt that was to 
be removed, turned out to be solid rock and at the end of a year he found 
himself $14, ()()() worse (iff than when he started the work. He then set about 
to make good the deficiency to his men and parted with the last dollar and 
the last dollars' worth of property he had in order to pay his just debts. 
His wife's jewelry, valued at about $1,000 went with the rest, bringing only 
about $loO. He then went to Ebensburg, and when he had raised all he 
could, which was about $5,000, he started for Loretta but missed the train 
and getting a friend to help him they walked eight miles carrying the $o,000 
in silver. This paid the inen all off with the exception of three dollars each, 
but when they found what sacrifices he had made they exonerated him from 
paying the rest. Here then he found himself after many years of hard work, 
without a dollar, btit he still had his indomitable will and once more gathered 
up the tangled thi-eads of forttme and started in to win. 



242 Robert Petricllo 

Hr again joined Keller & Crosson at Chestnut Hill, I*hilatlel]ihia, where 
he remained for two j'ears furnishing them men, bossing a gang and run- 
ning a commissary and bakery. His next work was for Filbert, Porter & 
Crosson at Queen Lane Reservoir in Philadeljihia. This reservoir covered 
about ninety acres of ground. It took three years to complete the work, bvit 
before it was quite finished, he went to Mt. Joy, leaving his brother Sylvester, 
in charge of his men and the commissary. At Mt. Joy he secured a sub-con- 
tract from Filbert. Porter & Crosson for laying the trolley line all f)ver Fair- 
mont Park. It took him about a year to com]:)lete this work, wlien he 
sectired another svib-contract from the Franklin Engineering Co., for l)uilding 
a trollev line all over Strawberry Mansion Park, and also another svib-eontract 
for building a ninety-foot driveway throtigh the same •i)ark. 

When this work was ctniipleted, Mr. Petriello secured a contract from the 
city of Philadelphia for sewering, pa\ing and like work amounting to over 
$100. 000. It took him five years to com])lete this work. He then secured 
a contract for putting in seven miles of sewer in Morristown, New Jei'sey. 
This work was done Ijv the iinn of Petriello Bros, c^ David Peoples. Here 
Mr. Petriello remained thirteen months whc-n he left the work in charge of his 
brother Sylvester and came to Bi'ownsville where he took a sub-contract from 
Keller & Crosson to build six miles of the Monongahela railroad being that 
section frorn Bridgeport to LaBcUe. He also furnished men for Keller & 
Crosson and run the commissaries. His brother, Sylvester, has been a jiartner 
in all his undertakings since the latter eame to this cotmtry in ISS'J, and at 
present they have a contract and are building oOO coke ovens at Orient on the 
Connellsville Central Railroad, up Dunlap's Creek, and also a lot of railroad 
track. These contracts cover al.iout $VH),000. 

While Mr. Petriello and his brother Sylvester, have lost several fortunes, 
they have never surrendered to circumstances, but have pushed ahead and 
are now worth about $100,000, owning $25,000 worth of i)r()])erty in Italy. 
Robert I'etriello is a director in the Italo-American Trust Com])any of Phila- 
deli)hia. 

Robert Petriello married Miss Ella Ritslow of his native home, December 
24, ISUi). 

Sylvester Petriello, the brother and partner of Robert, was born in Torre 
le Nocellio, Avellino, Italy, May 15, 1865, and married Miss Annie Skocelia 
of his nati\"e town. 

Robert Petriello and his wife visited their home in Italy last year sailing 
from New York December 10, and returning to this country this year arriving 
in Xew York on the steamer Princess Irene March '.\\ . last. 

Both Robert and Sylvester Petriello are naturalized Amtn-ican citizens, and 
are affiliated with the Republican party, always taking an active part in the 
work f)f their ]3arty as well as lending substantial financial aid. Their 
permanent home is one of the most elegant residences in Queens Lane, 
Phihidelphia. 



John Alfred Brashear 243 



John Alfred Brashear. — Prof. John Alfred Brashear who now resides 
in Pittsburg and who is one of the most eminent astronomers and manufac- 
turers of astronomical instruments in the United States, if not in the world, 
is a son of B. B. and Julia Brashear, and was born in Brownsville, November 
24, 1S4(). His father, Basil Brown Brashear was the son of Basil Brown 
Brashear, Sr., whose father. Otho Brashear, came to Brownsville in 1775. 
Otho Brashear, the great-grandfather of Prof. John Alfred Brashear, married 
a sister of Thomas and Basil Brown who were among the earliest settlers 
in this section of the country, the former being the founder of the town of 
Brownsville, and as elsewhere stated, was buried in what was known as 
Jeffries' burying ground, and on whose tombsttnie there was inscribed this 
quaint epitaph: "Here lies the body of Thomas Brown, who once was 
owner of this town." 

Professor Brashear's grandfather on his mother's side, was Nathaniel H. 
Smith, who was well known in the early days of Brownsville for his remark- 
able mechanical skill. He constructed, while living here, one of the lirst 
telegraphic instruments e\-er made, and also an electric engine or motor 
that was run by a battery and that worked nicely. It is atithentically stated 
that Mr. Smith made some of the tirst Daguerreotypes in this state. He was a 
man of exceptional in\'entive ingenuity and mechanical skill and it is prob- 
ably- from him that Professor Brashear inherited his taste and ability for 
mechanics and science. It was he \\-ho taught the now illustrious astrono- 
mer and scientist, Professor Brashear, the constellations, as he was also the 
tirst person to obtain for his apt pu])il, \iews of the moon and of Saturn, 
with a telescope which was brought here from McKeesport about the year 
1S40, by "S(|uire" Wampler. 

Professor Brashear attended the public schools of Brownsville where he 
received a good common-school education and laid the foundation for the 
future achievements that ha\-e marked his career. Among his teachers were 
William Chalfant, Mrs. Lucy Rheasa, an aunt of Mr. Brashear, and finally 
Mr. George Wilkinson, of whom Mr. Brashear says, " He was the best teacher 
I ever knew." 

After finishing his school work imder Mr. \\'ilkinson, he kej.il a st(.)re for 
Joseph Price for some time, when he accepted a ])(.)sition in the groeery store 
of Thomas Mvirj^hy. This was not to his liking, however, so he secured a 
]iosition with the Snowden Engine Manufacturers as an apprentice and here 
learned the trade of pattern maker. Here he was more in his element and 
had an opportimity to gratify, to some extent, his taste for mechanics. He 
was much attached to his employers and says of them that they treated him 
more like a son or brother than like an employe. After eom])leting his trade 
he spent a year at Louisville, Ky., at engine building and then removed to 
Pittsburg, where for twenty years he had charge of the machinery of several 
of the largest rolling mills in that city. 

During all this time he never forgot the lessons in science his grandfather 
had given him, nor did his love of scientific stvidies abate. He was still gazing 
at the upper deep with an admiration only excec-ded by his determination to 



244 John Alfred lirashcar 

bring it closer to earth for the ]nn-])ose of deeper and more effective research. 
It was this determination and his love for science, particularly in the domain 
of astronomy, that led him in 1875, to make his first telescope. This was 
followed in 1877 with a twelve-inch telescope of ten feet focus with which 
many of his stibsequent studies of the moon and comets were made. 

In 1880, he gave vip his position in the mill and commenced the manufac- 
ture of astronomical instruments at which he has ever since been engaged, 
and the fame of which has long since circled the globe. If evidence of this 
was necessary it could be found in the fact that he has made instrttments 
for almost every astronomical observatory and every physical laboratory 
in the world. Nearly all the large and important astronomical spectroscopes 
and spectrographs have been made by him or under his direct svipervision, 
as well as many of the more im])ortant astrophysical instruments for original 
research. Further evidence of the sui:)eriority of Professor Brashear's in- 
struments is found in the fact that the optical instruments used by the army 
and navy, such as "Range Finders." "(iim Sights." "^leridian Instruments," 
etc., were made in his workshop. 

While Professor Brashear has been active and untiring in his research 
along scientific lines as well as in the prosecution of his chosen ])rofession, 
he has not l:)een without reward financially, nor has honor justly earned, 
been withheld. He has been elected to honorary and active membership 
in the following societies: " Royal Astronomical Society" of Great Britain. 
"British Astronomical Society" of Great Britain, "Royal Astronomical So- 
ciety" of Canada, " Societe Astronomique de France," " Societe Astro- 
nomique de Belgique," ''American Philosophical Society," "American Society 
of Mechanical Engineers," "American Association of Science," "American 
Astro])hysic-al Society," "Astronomical Society of the Pacitic," "Academy 
of Science and .\rt," and "Engineer Society of Western Pennsylvania," 
besides many others of less imjiort. He has been given the degree of LL. D. 
by Wooster University and Washington and Jefferson College, and the degree 
of vSc. D. by the Western University of Pennsylvania. 

Among ihe more important jxisitions he lias hc'ld may be mentioned, that 
of Chancellor of the Westcini University of Pennsylvania; Acting Director 
Allegheny Astronomical Oliservatory ; Past President of the Engineers' 
Society of Western Pennsylvania; Past President of the Academy of Science 
and Art; Past Vice President of the American Association of Science. 

Notwithstanding the strenuous life Professor Brashear has led and the 
many honors that have been bestowed U])on him, he has nex'er forgotten 
the scenes of his childhood nor the good ])eo])le of his nati\'e town, and often 
expresses regret that he cannot see more of them and more fre(]uently visit 
the scenes of his early trials and triumphs, and gaze down upon the placid 
waters of the historic Monongahela from the hills of old Fayette, from one 
of which, in 1858, he looked upon that grandly magnificent sight, Donati's 
comet, of which he still speaks with enthusiasm. 

September 25, 1802, John Alfred Brashear married Miss Phoebe Stewart, 
a most estimable and accomplished lady of Fairehanee, Fayette County, 



Isaac M. Mason 245 



whose ancestors were prominent in the early history of Western Pennsyl- 
vania, and like many other men AS'ho have gained fame and fortnnc, owes 
inueh to the S])artan l)ra\-ery and eonstanl lielp and encf)uragem(>nt of his 
wife. 



Isaac M. Mason. — It is always a pleasure to note the i^rominenee and 
success of those who were once eitizt-ns of Browns\-ille, and wlio in after years 
cast their lot in other lands or in distant cities. Of these, and there arc- 
many of them, Capt. Isaac M.Mason stands preeminent. And, while over 
forty years have passed away since Captain Mason removed his famih- from 
the banks of the Monongahela River to those of the Great Father of waters, 
the older citizens remember him well and the present generation is as ffimiliar 
with his name as if he were still here, for almost every day they see his name 
on one of the boats, that beautiful and popular excursion steamer, the 
"Isaac M. Mason," and many is the merry excursion party that this boat 
still carries up and down the Monongahela River during the summer season. 

Isaac M. Mason was born in Brcnvnsville, Pa., March 4, bSBl, and received 
his education in the i)rimitive schools of that day, but, notwithstanding the 
limited and ]irimiti\'e facilities for acquiring an education, that were at his 
command, his close a])plication and observation am])]y (|ualihed him to lill 
the manv high positions that he has been called uiion to rtll since then. 

After leaving school, he clerked for about a year in the store of Z';phaniah 
Carter and then commenced the long career of steamboating that has not 
only brought him fame but fortune as well. He served first as second clerk 
and next as first clerk on the Brownsville ])aekets, for about four years and 
then commenced running from Pittsliurg to St. Louis and from St. Louis 
to St. Paul, in which serx'ice he continued fill 1S().3. He was general freight 
agent of the Northern Line for eleven years and served as Marshal first, then 
as sheriff of St. Louis which forms what is known as City of St. Louis County, 
for eight years. After this Ca])tain Mason was, f( ir ox-er ten years, general sujier- 
intendent of the St. Louis and New Orleans Anchor Line of packets and also 
president of the company. He then i^etired from the river business and 
was elected auditor of St. Louis in which capacity he served for four years. 
His popularity is shown l>y the fact that in this election he received 23,845 
majority over his op]ionent. He has seiwed as President of the Merchants' 
Exchange. President of the Mercantile Trust Company and in many other 
important jjositions of honor and trixst. Captain Mason was 7o years old 
the fourth day of last March and is still hale, hearty and activelv c-ngaged 
in business in St. Louis. 



Capt. Samuel S. Brown, of Pittsburg, is one among the many men who, 
while he does not reside here, has large interests in Fayette Cotmty and has 
been largely instrumental in spreading her fame abroad. His fine farm of 
999i acres, all underlaid with coal, for which it is said he has refused $1,000 
per acre, that is now and has for some time been vmder the efficient manage- 
ment of William Darby, and his stable of fine, thoroughbred horses just 
above Bridgeport, are known far and wide. Mr. Brown is a genial gentleman 



246 Ca])t. SanuK-l vS. Brown 



affal)U' and courteovis and is a popular man and a favorite everywhere. The 
following from the Pittsburg Dispatch of April 28, 1904, under the head of 
Prominent Pittsburghers, is a brief sketch of his business career: 

■Among those whose name does much to advertise Pittsburg, is Capt. 
SunuK'l S. Brown. He was born in Minersville in what is now the Thirteenth 
Ward, Pittsburg, and has grown up with the Smoky City develo])ment 
in wliich he was and still is a jirominent I'acloiv 

After serving in the Civil War with great credit, having enlisted when but 
nineteen years of age, he took an active interest in the immense coal business 
that had been established by his father, W. H. Brown. This took much of 
his time and after the death of the senior Brown, Capt. Samuel Brown took 
charge, greatly enlarging the business, and when the River Coal Combine 
was organized his and his brother's interests were among the largest holdings 
transferred. He now holds the jjosition of Master of Transportation of that 
corporation but refuses to draw any salary for his services. 

He now owns among other property in Pittsburg, that old and po])ular 
hostelry, the Monongahela House, having ptu"chased it some years ago. 

In the summer of 1897, when the locks on the Monongahela River were de- 
clared free, his boat, the Mariner, was the lirst to go through the locks with- 
out paying toll. 

For years Ca^itain Brown look much interest in breeding race horses and 
has given to the world some' of the linest horses on the turf. In the eighties 
he astonished the racing world with Troul)adour, who was the fastest long 
distance running horse of his day. During the last few years the develop- 
ment of horseflesh has taken u]i much of his time and attention. At present 
he has a Stud of more than one hundred fine horses, among them being the 
following stars of the present day; Conjurer, Proceeds, Audience, Auditor — 
this beitig considered the best and most valuable quartet in the world. 

The famous Lamplighter was also brought otit by Captain BroAvn. His 
colors, cherry and green, are seen on all the ])rominent race courses of the 
covmtry. 1'he late William C. Whitney was one of his closest friends and 
looked to him for counsel and advice in matters of the turf. 

Recently Captain Brown obtained control of the property of the Kentucky 
Racing Association at Lexington, Ky., and the sport is to be revived there 
soon tmder his magic hand. He is also a stockholder in the Saratoga race 
track with August and Perry Belmont, James R. Keene and J. B. Haggin, 
who are all his close friends. In fact, this c|uintet is considered the foremost 
in racing circles. Captain Brown was never known to bet much on races, 
dcN'oting his time to pleastire. l)ut his horses ha\x' won many large stakes." 



Thomas Bexton W'ilgus. — April 12, 184('), in the little hamlet of Cooks- 
town, now the flourishing borough of Fayette City, T. B. Wilgus first saw the 
light of day. While he was yet small, his parents moved to Brownsville 
where he was educated. After he had finished his school work, he com- 
menced clerking on steamboats on the Monongahela, Ohio, Mississi])pi and 
other ri\-ers. His first positions were on the " I'ranklin " and "Telegraph," 



Thomas Benton Wil^us 2il 



on the Monongahela River. In 1864 he was clerk on the steamer "Mercu- 
ry" which was then in the government service carrying troops and com- 
missary stores, on the Cumberland River, to Gen. Geo. H. Thomas who was 
then stationed at Nashville, Tennessee. After the war closed he came north 
but continued steamboating on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers till 1,S69, 
when he left the river and went into the mercantile business. 

In 1S70 Mr. Wilgus married Bessie M., daughter of Jerman Jordan, Esq. 
To them were born, Maud (deceased), Blanche and Frances. 'J'he latter is 
a yovmg lady now in school and Blanche is the wife of George Ste\-enson. 
They reside in East End, Pittsburg. 

Mr. Wilgus was engaged in the mercantile business in Brownsville, Indiana, 
(Pa.), and in Pittsbvu'g. 

Mr. Wilgus became interested in mining property in Colorado, in the 
neighborhood of Denver and Leadville in 1879, and about a year later sold 
out his interest for $50,000. In 1881 he returned to Pittsburg and entered 
the oil exchange, of which he was an active broker till 1885. For six years 
following this he was proprietor of the Hotel Wilgus at Monongahela City. 

Always an active student, Mr. Wilgus early formed a liking for the study 
of law and in 189G, finding himself with time and means to follow his fancy, 
he took a cotirse of law in the West Virginia University at Morgantown ,to 
which city he had removed some years before and where he still resides. In 
this, like everything else that he undertook, he met with success, passed the 
examination, and was admitted to practice in the local and supreme coiirts 
of West Virginia. He has been an active member of the I. O. O. F. since 
1867 and of the Masonic fraternity (Knights Templar) since 1879. 



Persival Phillips, one of the young men of whom Brownsville mav well 
feel proud, is a son of H. S. and Anna C. (Miller) Phillips and was born in 
Brownsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, July 2, 1877, and recei^•ed his 
early education in the Brownsville public schools. 

In the spring of 1890 at abovit the age of thirteen years, he went to Pitts- 
burg and that fall entered the Forbes Street School and the next summer 
passed the examination for the high school. Howe\-er, in the fall of 1891 he 
entered the law office of Knox &: Reed as office boy, where he also learned 
stenography and typewriting. He remained with Knox & Reed for two 
years when he accepted a position with a South Side firm as stenographer 
and typewriter. Shortly after entering upon his duties in his new position 
he became sick and was forced to resign and come home. 

Some time during the winter of 1895 he entered the office oi George AV. 
Lenhart as clerk and during the coal strike in the following spring he reported 
the strike for the Pittsburg Press, and showed such tmmistakable signs of 
reportorial ability that his services were soon sought by other newspajiers. 
His reports of the riots in Stickle Hollow were clever pieces of work and were 
appreciated by the Pittsbvirg papers. 

In August of the same year the late veteran editor of the Monongahela 
Daily Republican, Col. Chill Hazzard, sent for yotmg Phillips and induced 



248 IVrsival Phillips 



him to take charge of his paper during the following fall and winter. In the 
spring of 1897 he went to Pittsburg and accepted a position on the Pittsburg 
Times. When the war broke ovit between Greece and Turkey he was sent 
by the Pittsburg Press and other papers as war correspondent, to the far- 
off East. His work in that field showed him master of the situation and his 
reports were highly appreciated. At the close of hostilities there, he re- 
turned to Pittsburg and took a position on the Pittsburg Post where he re- 
mained for about two years, afterwards accepting a position on the Dispatch. 
In the fall of 1900 he was sent to New York by the Dispatch to take charge 
of the New York branch of that paper. The next spring he \\as recalled to 
take the position of city editor of the Dispatch. 

About the 1st of October, 19t)L', he resigned his position on the Dispatch 
to accept a position on the London, England, Daily Express. His services 
were so satisfactory that when hostilities commenced between the Japanese 
and Rttssians in the far East, he was selected to take the position of war 
correspondent and January 1, 1904, he was sent to Jai)an where he is now 
rr])()rting the progress of the war to the entire satisfaction of his jiaper and 
the- ever-interested public. 

Mr. Phillips has won his way to eminence in newspaper work solely on his 
merits and faithfvilness and without any ovitside inllucnees and it is safe to 
predict for him a brilliant futmx'. 



Alexander Moffitt, who resides now in Elkins, West Virginia, is a 
native of Washington County having been born there July G, 1828. He is 
a son of William and Elizabeth (Hopkins) Mofhtt who were also natives of 
Washington County, Pa. 

Mr. Moffitt came to Bridgeport about the year 1850 and commenced busi- 
ness in the old Arcade paper mill on Water Street, where the Eclipse Mills 
now stand. Mr. Molfitt continued in there for two years when he 
bought the old cotton factory and fitted it up for carriage making 
and called it The Monongahela Carriage Works. He also bought five 
adjoining lots and built residences on thein as well as a large paint 
and triinining building, and a blacksmith shoj) on High Street then 
known as Morgantown Street. He fitted out the old cotton factory with all 
the l)est and latest machinery then known for the bvisiness. Here he l)uilt 
carriages and other vehicles from the raw material, every particle of the 
work being done in the shops. Ih- furnished many wagons for the govern- 
ment for transporting goods. In 1858 he rented or leased the business to 
his brother James Moffitt and Samtiel Thompson, who run it till 1864. Mr. 
Moffitt served his coiuitry during the entire war. 

About 1865 he again embarked in the carriage business, his brother and 
Thompson retiring. He put in a heavy stock of raw material and had many 
vehicles finished for the market when the plant burned to the ground, June 
30, 1866, as well as four of his dwelling houses, the saw mill and many logs. 
It may not be out of order here to mention the fact that dinnng the latter 



Alexander Moffitt 249 



part of the war Samuel Thompson and James Moffitt hax'ing dissolved ])art- 
nership, Mr. Thompson ran the plant as a stillhouse. 

Mr. Moffitt sold out all his interests in Bridgeport some years ago, and 
went to Washington, D. C, where he li\-ed tmtil about three years ago, 
then moving to Elkins, West Virginia, where he now resides. 



Rev. Charles Armstead McGee was born in Harrison County, West 
Virginia, January 27, 1852, and not having the advantage of even the com- 
mon schools, is therefore a self-educated man. He worked on the farm while 
educating himself and in 1885 entered the ministry of the A. M. E. Church. 

Since then he has served the following charges : Parkersburg, West Virginia 
three years; Monongahela, Pa., one year; Presiding Elder of the Wheeling, 
West Virginia, district, three years; Seranton, Pa., four years; Bradford, Pa., 
one year; Bridgeport, Pa., one year and iour months, when he was again 
elected Presiding Elder of the Wheeling, West Virginia, district, which 
position he occupies at present. 

While pastor in Bridgeport, he was twice elected a member of the school 
board, and was a faithful and efficient officer. 

In 1890 Rev. McGee married Miss Gay Ankrum, a daughter of Charles and 
Antoinette (Webb) Ankrum, and to this union there have been bom six 
children. Antoinette, Lewis. Grace. Rt:th. Charles, and Richard McGee. 




Necrological Record of the Three Towns 
and V^icinilN Since August 20, 1869 



By J. D. S. Prixgle. 



Mr;:. Mary Snider died 


Aug. 


20, 


1809 


Mrs. Lizzie Cock " 


Sept. 


3, 


1870 


Freeman Wise 


Nov. 


28. 


1870 


Mary Haler " 


Jan. 


20, 


1870 


Joseph Brenton " 


Nov. 


2, 


1870 


Mrs. Henry Haler " 


Feb. 


21, 


1871 


Mary Armstrong 




27 


1871 


Esther Thistlethwaite 


Mar. 


'1', 


1871 


Fish Patterson 




9, 


1871 


0. C. Crom low- 


** 


8, 


1871 


John Lindy, Sr. 


" 


10, 


1871 


ban Watkitis (baby) 


Apr. 


29, 


1871 


Amanda Watkins 


May 


11, 


1871 


Mrs. TillieSmit 


Aug. 


28. 


1871 


Mrs. Booth " 


Dec; 


5, 


1871 


Mrs. Lottie Boggs " 


May 


16, 


1872 


Hainan Hopkins " 


Dec. 


28, 


1872 


James Hartranft 


Feb. 


4, 


1873 


Mrs. Pracilla Duncan " 




27, 


1873 


MaRKie Auld, (brouKht here) 


Mar. 


4, 


1873 


Capt. John Anawalt (broughthere)" 


4, 


1873 


Joseph Scott died 




17, 


1873 


Eli Wolfe 


Oct. 


18, 


1873 


John Wolfe 


Nov. 


j 2, 


1873 


Mrs. Sam Krepps, Sr. 




5. 


1873 


John S. Krepps 




28, 


1873 


Mrs. Hartfield 


Doc. 


18, 


1873 


Amanda Wooclward 




24, 


1873 


Isabel le GreKK 


Jan. 


25. 


1873 


ILarriett Wrifdit 


Apr. 


8, 


1874 


Mrs. BetsyWatkins 




9, 


1874 


Isaac Vance " 




18, 


1874 


Lewis Grooms 




27 


1874 


Nicho'.ls, (baby) 




30' 


1874 


Mortimer Wheeler 


Aug. 


14, 


1874 


AUice Bevard 


Nov. 


10, 


1874 


Jimmy Hutchinson 




5, 


1874 


Ellen Late buried Dec. 


13, 


1874 


Willia Gregg died 




28, 


1874 


Jimmie Jeffries 


Oct. 


17, 


1874 


Thomas Faidl.Sr. 


Jan. 


1, 


. 1875 


Mrs. Black 




4, 


,1875 


Lizzie Jeffries 


Feb. 


18, 


1875 


Nancy" WilUins 


Mar. 


7, 


1875 


Dr. Charles Krepps, shot himsc 


.f " 


7, 


1875 


Hamilton Eekles died 


Oct. 


28, 


1875 


Jennie Hendrix 




31, 


1875 


lohn Cock 


" 


31, 


1875 


George Scott 


Nov. 


14, 


1875 


Thomas Gregg " 


Apr. 


11, 


1878 


Maggie Patterson " 


" 


14, 


1878 


Lidi Clear 


" 


— 


1878 


Lewis Rex 


" 


24, 


1878 


Abberty Chew 


" 


30, 


,1878 


Trissu Williams 


May 


28 


1878 


Mary Booth 


Feb. 


11, 


1878 


Maud Coatsworth •' 


Mar. 


8, 


,1878 


Minnie Hendrix 


Aug. 


4, 


1878 


Mary Adams 




f>, 


1878 



L. V. Hopkins 

Willie Cunningham 

Carrol Patton 

Raymond Hojikins 

George Lowstutter 

Willie Chew 

Charlie Cornell 

Frank Patterson 

Richey Smith 

Willie Lopp 

Mary Minnia 

Lide Cunningham 

Sara Cunningham 

Sammy Chew 

Minty Williams 

Mollie Cunningham 

Dorcas Adams 

Christian Snider 

Emaline Cornell 

Elizabeth Walters 

Johnson Gregg 

OllieGue 

Willie Blair 

Maud WilRUS 

Sadie Blair 

Jno. Williams (2 children 

Lester Leclare 

Child of Jno. Williams 

John Williams (little boy 

Child of S. Chawplevesky 

Mrs. Mary A. Huston 

John Jackson 

Al Theakston 

Child of Wm. NichoUs 

Herbert Craw^ford 

Alex Shaw , Sr. 

Mr. Winn 

Samuel Eckels 

James Chalfant 

Son of Joseph Connell 

Annie IleVjertson 

Mrs. Winn 

Minty Snider 

Maggie Fuester 

Joshua Armstrong 

Charles Page 

Annie Richards 

Bessie Bevard 

Hannah M(jfFitt 

Katie Reynolds 

Kate Smith 

Rhebe Woods 

Kate Smith's baby 

Isaac Brenton 

Henry Smalley 

Laura Norcross 

Harriett E. Stitzell 

S.-dlle Chalfant 

Mary A. Woods 



died Aug. 

Sept. 
Oct. 

Mar. 

Jan. 
•■ July 



) 
died 



Aug. 

Nov. 



Oct. 
Nov. 



Aug. 
Dec. 
Jan. 



Feb. 



Nov. 

Sept. 
Mar. 
Apr. 

May 
June 
July 
Aug. 
Sept. 



Oct. 

July 
Oct. 
Dec. 



6, 1878 
(i, 1878 
10, 1878 
21, 1878 
23, 1878 
26, 1878 
11,1878 
15, 1878 
30, 1878 
15, 1878 
5, 1878 
15,1878 
10.1878 
Hi, 1878 
19, 1878 
19,1878 

30. 1877 
28, 1876 
13,1878 
15,1878 
— , 1876 

22, 1875 
1 . 1 878 
3, 1878 
4, 1878 

9. 1878 

25. 1878 
18,1878 
18. 1878 

25. 1878 
3, 1876 

23, 1878 
1,1879 

2, 1879 

1 . 1 879 

17. 1879 
5,1879 

22,1879 
16,1879 

24, 1878 
26, 1878 
26, 1879 

3, 1879 
22, 1877 

4,1879 

26, 1879 

6, 1879 

1,1879 

21,1879 

23. 1879 

6, 1879 

2, 1879 

10, 1879 

11,1877 

27, 1879 

9,1879 

11.1879 

17, 1879 

18,1879 



Nerrological Record of the Three Towns 



251 



George Calvert 

Etta Haddock 

James Dales 

Mrs. Thomas Gummerl 

Lizzie Faulls 

James Patterson, Sr. 

James Drake (l)rouKhl ho 

Louise Brenton 

Elizabeth Beatty 

William Benton 

Reynolds Deems 

Larry Gabler 

Harrv Howard, Sr. 

Martha Moffitt 

Mrs. Chas. Elliott 

Mrs. Mary E. Cox 

George Marker 

Annie Thistlethwaite 

Sophia Stevens 

Mrs. Frank Jeffries 

■'Granny'' Watkins 

James Cannon 

Jno Johnson 

Mrs. Haman Jeffers 

Mrs. Eliza Moffitt 

Harry Minehart 

William Bane, Sr. 

M^illie MeKinlev 

Ella Reynolds 

F. Chris Lineman 

Henry Moffitt 

Gilbert Storer 

Mrs. Robert Hormell 

Marv Bell Theakston 

Ella Albright 

Sadie Livingston 

Mrs. Sallie Hubbs 

William Grimes 

Annie Xelan 

Samuel B. Snider 

James Patterson Jr. 

Bertha M. Houston 

John B. Krepps 

Ellen Lockhart 

John Pat ton, Sr. 

Mrs. Dr. Hubbs 

Dr. W. G. Hubbs 

John Buffington 

Joseph Welch 

Grace Axton 

Mrs. Margaret Paul! 

Isaac Dillo'i 

John Bevard 

Mary Marker 

John Paxton 

Wm. R. Britton 

Henry Storer 

Mrs. Phebe Coburn 

Ann Crawford 

John S. Fluke 

Sallie Hovvden 

Mrs. Swan 

Capt. Steven Loomas 

Sammy Elwood 

Eliza Watkins 

Dr. Wm. Patton Sr. 

Richard Snider 

Elizah Offord 

Henry Lucas 

Eliza Chew 

John Worrell, Sr. 

Rebecca Woods 

MoHie Grav 

Tom C. McDonald 

Mrs. Millie Worrell 

Elizabeth Johnson 

John Hormell, Esq. 

Thomas Ferguson 

Mrs. Amanda Hutchinson 

Mrs. Ann M ffitt 



died Dec 



Jan. 



me) 
died 



Feb. 
Mar. 
Feb. 



Mar. 
Apr. 
May 

June 



hilv 
Aug. 
Sept 
Oct. 

Nov. 



Dec. 
Tan. 



Feb. 

Apr. 



Mav 



July 

Mav 
lulv 
Aug. 
Jan. 
Sept, 
Oct. 
Nov. 



Dec. 

Jan. 
Feb. 



Mar. 
Apr 



Mav 



24, 1879 
21, 1879 

29. 1879 
4, 1880 

11. 1880 
IC) 1880 

7, 1880 
15, 1875 

14, 1880 
19, 1880 
23. 1880 
25. 1880 

4, 1880 

15, 1880 
27, 1880 

5. 1880 
18,'<0 

10, ],s8n 

7, 1880 

23, 1880 

27, 1880 

2, 1880 

3, 1880 

9. 1880 

22, 1880 
17, 1880 

23, 1880 
25,1880 
31. 18,80 

19, 1880 

14, 1880 
10, 1880 
28, 1880 

2, 1880 

4, 1880 
10, 1880 
20, 1880 

24, 1880 
27, 1880 

11. 1880 
23, 18,80 

5 1881 
9. 1881 

20, 1.881 

1. 1.S81 

25, 1881 
(i, 1881 

1(1, 1881 

23, 1881 

25 1881 

9 . 1 S8 1 

2. 1881 
22. 1881 

14. 1881 

22. 1881 
25. 1881 
29, 18.S1 
29. ISSI 

3. 1881 

23, 1881 
25, 1881 
19, 1881 

2, 1881 

9. 1881 

15, 1881 
23 1881 

4. 1881 
10, 1881 

31. 1881 
20, 1882 
20. 1882 

9 1876 
9, 1882 
14, 1882 

20. 1882 
18, 1882 

5. 1882 
8, 1882 

3, 1882 
5. 1882 



Mary Booth d 


ied May 


8, 1882 


William Woodward 


June 


7,1882 


Mrs. John Buffington 




9,1882 


Betsy Smart 


•' 


14, 1882 


Mrs. Hester Simman 


•' " 


15 1882 


Isaac Bailey 


•' '• 


26, 1882 


Samuel P. Knox 


" May 


28, 1882 


Mrs. Samuel P. K-ox 


lune 


30, 1882 


Samuel P. Nnox's cilild 


" July 


30.1882 


TaneTate 


" 


17,1882 


Belle Mitchell 


" " 


29,1882 


Clark Mitchell 




21,1882 


Mrs. Joseph Wilkins 


" Aug. 


3,1882 


Margaret McDonough 




11, 1882 


Robert G. Mason 




14.1882 


Mrs. Catharine Cornell 




17,1882 


Mrs. Martha Williams 




30,1882 


William Woods. Sr. 


Sept 


30, 1882 


Jennie Brillan's baby 


Oct. 


3, 1882 


Joshiia Gibbons 




4,1882 


John J. Walters 


" 


30,1882 


"Mrs. William Tavlor 


Nov. 


6, 1882 


J...siah Reed 




15,1882 


Leonard Worrell 


Dec. 


15, 1882 


Eliza McDonald 




20,1882 


Mrs. Betsey Dorsey 


■■ Jan. 


28,1883 


Pollen Massev 




24,1883 


\yalter Thistlethwaite 




27, 1883 


Sam J. Rice 


;; Feb. 


3, 1883 


Mrs. Elmira McCoy 




8, 1883 


Louisa Byland 




22,1883 


Harvey Shrover 


•■ Mar. 


1,1883 


Mrs. Dorcas M.Wallace 




7, 1883 


Stephen H. Ward 




16,1883 


James V. Dorsey 




17, 1883 


Nellie Wright .Srnith 


" 


26, 1883 


David McGill 


;; Apr. 


6, 1883 


Rebecca J. Cornell 




21, 1883 


Mrs. Mary Bakewell 




24,1883 


Mar>- Crawford 


May 


4,1883 


Jacob Jeffries 




17,1883 


Grace Dorsey 


June 


17,1883 


Jesse Calvert 




23 1883 


Kate Walley 




21,1883 


Ann Mayhorn 


" Julv 


25, 1883 


David Thistlethwaite 


!'. ^^.^■ 


28, 1883 


William Claybaugh 




20.1883 


Mrs. Jos. Armstrong 


Dec. 


11, 1883 


Maria J. McCollan 




3.1883 


Isaac Hamilton 




14.1883 


Thos. C. Gummert Esi|. 




16, 1883 


Capt. Adam Jacobs 




18,1883 


Mrs. Polly Williams 




26, 1883 


Adam N. Ailes 


Ian 


24, 1884 


John Devaney 


"Feb. 


9, 1884 


Kenneth H. Patton 


Mar. 


11,1884 


Lena Spinawebber 


Apr. 


17,1884 


Mrs. Joshua Gibbons 


" " 


20, 1884 


G. D. Coburn 


" May 


23,1884 


John S. Pringle 


June 


6, 1884 


Mrs. Ruth Gregg 


;; July 


5, 1884 


Joseph Scott 




8, 1884 


"Mrs. Clear 


Sept 


4, 1884 


Charley Norcross 




18,1884 


Thornton Phillips 


'■ 


19,1884 


Sophia Coburn 


" 0'"f 


11,1884 


Jennie Starr 




12,1884 


Samuel Fulton 




13,1884 


George Jarrett 




14, 1884 


Conrad Hartranft 


Dec. 


1,1884 


John Bvron Homer 




1,1884 


Dr. A. Patton, Sr. 




5. 1884 


Albert Johnson 


Jan. 


27,1885 


Thomas Herd 




28,1885 


Edward Riggs 




29, 1885 


John Holly 


" Feb. 


2, 1885 


Annie C. Walker 


Jan. 


21.1885 


Eilza B.Walker 


Mar. 


3, 1885 


Jane Richey 




6, 1885 


Grace Harrison 


Feb. 


16. 1885 



NecroloLjical Record of the Three- Towns 



Annie Steele 
Mary H. Amnion 
Mrs. Mary Garretl 
Mrs. Ella Young 
Mrs. Hannah Claybaugh 
Sammy Roland 
Mrs. Ruth Elwood 
J. Will Porter 
Amos Jeffries 
Belle Morton 
Robert Wilson 
Mrs. Joseph Watkins 
William Lanning 
Gen. U.S.Grant 
Annie Mathews 
Mrs. Jane Cock 
Mrs. John Garwood 
James Bowman 
Hellen Taylor 
Matilda Dorsey 
Myrtle Springer 
Mrs. Betsy Chrisman 
John Starr, Sr. 
Annie Berry 
Mrs. Eliza Woods 
Flora Watkins 
John Wilkins, Sr. 
William Williams 
Charles Havight 
Carrie Springer 
Charles E. Dunlevy 
Georges W. Jones 
Lizzie Riley 
John Kaufman 
William Drake 
Elisha Gibbons 
Rebecca Woodward 
Henry Heler 
Emmor Gregg 
John R. Dvitton 
H. Britton's baby 
Frank Bennington 
Mrs. Susan Hormell 
Mame Williams 
Samuel Steele 
Bertha Mayhorn 
Samuel J . Tilden 
Cora Moffitt 
James Gamble 
Samuel Cropp 
Mary Gregg 

Belle WoodfiU Campbell 
Sarah J. Kidnev 
Ada Moffitt's Baby 
LucvL. McKee 
Mrs. Will Worcester 
Joseph Dickinson 
Clem Krepps 
Lizzie Krepps 
Robert Skinner 
Lewis Abrams 
Margaret Rhorer 
Sarah Armstrong 
Arthvxr Moffitt 
Mamie Mofifitt_ 
Lydia Ann Smith 
Milton Woodward 
Henry Bulger 
Capt. Elmer Watkins 
Isaac Burd 
George Fluke 
Neal Watkins 
Johhny Malone 
Samuel Thistlethwaite 
Mrs. James Ghrist 
Elizabeth McCrory 
Mrs. Dales 
Joshua Norcross 
Caroline Bowers 
Lelia Byland 



died Mar. 


15, 1885 


'• " 


21,1885 


Apr. 


3, 1885 


" " 


22.1885 


June 


4, 1885 




7, 1885 




12,1885 


" " 


12,1885 


" " 


15, 1885 


" " 


26, 1885 


" July 


5, 1885 


" 


fi. 1885 




8,1885 


" '■ 


23, 1885 


" *'^"'^' 


11,1885 




19, 1885 


" " 


27, 1885 


Sept 


1. 1885 


" 


10, 1885 




14, 1885 


" Oct. 


7 1885 




10,1885 


Dec. 


26, 1885 


" " 


24, 1885 


" " 


30, 1885 


" Jan. 


8, 1886 


" " 


27. 1886 


" - " 


28, 1886 


Feb. 


11,1886 


" Mar. 


7, 1886 


" " 


11,1886 


" " 


24, 1886 


" " 


30, 1886 


" ^^'J- 


11,1886 




12,1886 


I ^'=J^' 


4,1886 




5, 1886 




10, 1886 


" " 


22, 1886 


!! J","e 


24, 1886 




29,1886 


July 


6. 1886 




— . 1886 




13,1880 


;; Aug. 


4, 1880 




8, 1886 


" 


4, 1886 


" '■ 


20, 1886 


Sept 


25, 1880 


Oct. 


2. 1886 


" ■' 


20, 1886 


" " 


24, 1886 


" " 


29, 1886 


" " 


25, 1886 


" Nov 


1,1886 


U .1 


3, 1886 


" " 


— . 1886 


« ii 


15, 1880 


" " 


20,1886 


Dec. 


6, ]88fi 


" " 


13, 1886 


" " 


11,1 8S6 


" " 


19, 188(i 


" " 


29, 1886 


Jan. 


1,1887 




19, 1887 


" 


25, 1887 




31,1887 


" " 


31,1887 


Feb. 


24, 1887 




24, 1887 


" Mar 


4, 1887 


Apr 


2,1887 


" " 


9. 1887 


" " 


11. 1887 




22, 1887 




29, 1887 


May 


12. 1887 




21, 1887 


Junt 


■ 10, 1887 



Elizah Byland 

Samuel W. Krepps 

Mrs. Norcross 

Garnett Shallenberger 

Martha Brenton 

Haddie O'Harra 

Smith Rex 

Cecelia Aubrey Jolliff 

Bell Herrington Powell 

Mrs. Ephraim Crawford 

Edward Melchi, Esq. 

Mrs. Mariah Aubrey 

Mamie Baker 

Ralmetto Jeffries 

R. D. Marcy 

J. K. Perrin 

William Sweitzer 

Mrs. Theakston 

William Hatfield 

Mell Drake Holly 

Anna Belle Cropp 

Mrs. Harry Mason 

William Michael, Sr. 

Sallie Elwood 

Capt. John L. Rhodes 

Mrs. R. Corwin 

James Peden, Sr. 

Joseph Beggs 

Frank Smith 

Mrs. George Lemon 

Mrs. Sanuiel Milliken 

Mrs. Jimmy Brown, Esq. 

Annie Winn 

Dr. U. L. Clemmer 

Dutton Brashear 

Mamie Dorsey 

Ross Blair 

Miss Belle Sweitzer 

Williamson Beatty 

George Livingston 

Bell Gregg Conner 

Leroy Hands 

Mrs. Hanna Worrell 

Andrew A. Hendrix 

John M. Hendrix 

Elmer Gregg 

Mrs. Samuel Cropp 

Charles E. Boyle 

Mr. Isaac Mason 

Stewart Hand 

Lizzie Porter 

Eri Mofntt 

Mrs. Sallie Wise 

Mrs. Jenie Minehart 

Joseph Weaver 

Lide Snider Dwyer 

Joseph Williams, Sr. 

Mrs. L. Carter 

Amos Smith 

Mrs. Nelson Bowman 

John T. Gregg 

George Michener 

Newton Coon 

Joseph Booth, Sr. 

Roland O. Patton 

Grant Danlev 

Capt. J. M. B'owell 

Willie Reese 

Jennie Gaskill Johnston 

Henry Snider 

Mrs. Abram Black 

Thomas Minehart 

Mrs. Isaac Mason 

Paul Hough 

George W^. Harrison 

Samuel Milliken, Sr. 

Mrs. Sarah O'Hara 

William McAndrews 

Mrs. Thos. Sutton 

Nathan Mavhorn 



died 



June 


13,J887 


July 


5, 1887 


" 


8, 1887 


" 


28, 1887 


Aug. 


19, 1887 




19, 1887 


" 


18, 1887 


'• 


.30, 1887 


Sept 


18, 1887 


Oct. 


2,1887 




11, 1887 




13, 1.S87 




23 1887 




24, 1887 


Nov. 


12, 1887 


Dec. 


2, 1887 


" 


3, 1887 


" 


7, 1887 




7, 1887 


" 


8, 1887 


" 


9, 1887 


Jan. 


20, 1888 




25, 1888 


Feb. 


25,1888 


" 


28, 1888 


Jan. 


6, 1888 


Mar 


14,1888 


" 


21,1888 


•' 


25, 1888 


Apr. 


20,1888 


May 


7, 1888 




7.1888 




25, 1888 


" 


26, 1888 


June 


10, 1888 




.30, 1888 


Jub- 


11,1888 


Sept 


7,1888 


" 


2, 1888 


Oct. 


3, 1888 




6, 1888 


Sept 


21, 1888 


Nov. 


29. 1888 


Dec. 


9, 1888 


Apr. 


5. 1884 


Dec. 


10. 1888 




17, 1888 




15, 1888 


'• 


21, 1888 




17,1888 




31, 1888 


Jan. 


1, 1889 




19, 1889 


" 


19, 1889 


Feb. 


13, 1NS9 




22, 1S89 


" 


28. IS,S9 


Mar. 


5, 1,S,S9 


Apr. 


11, 1S,S9 


June 


10, 1889 


July 


29, 1889 




.30. 1889 


Aug 


8. 1889 




24, 1889 


Oct. 


29, Issd 




31, I^V) 


" 


31 , I^Vi 


Nov 


0. l,s,s(t 


" 


19, 1S,S9 


Dec. 


1 , 1 S.S9 




2, 18.S9 




.30, 1.S89 


Jan. 


3. 1890 




3, 1890 


" 


5, 1.S90 


" 


23, 1890 


" 


20, bSfiO 


Feb 


5, 1890 


" 


18, 1890 


" 


10, 1890 



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253 



Mrs Ellen Jeffries died 


Feb. 


17,1890 


IvilSoulsby died 


Mar. 


21,1892 


Mrs. Mary Cannon 


Mar. 


1 , 1 890 


Nancy Scott " 




18.1892 


John H. Murry 




4, 1890 


Elizabeth Pursglove " 




29, 1892 


Thomas Vaughn 




20, 1890 


Cleveland Michener " 


Apr. 


3,1892 


Sadie Wilkins Layton 




21, 1S90 


Smith Gamble " 


" 


11,1892 


James W. Hendrix " 




2.T, 1890 


Jabez French " 


" 


21,1892 


lames Marsh 




25, ]S9() 


Mary Garwood " 


'•' 


16,1892 


Henry G. Tate 


" 


2.5, 1890 


Clarence McMullen 


" 


18,1892 


Mrs. Elisha Mitchell '' 




27, 1890 


Bertha B.Hays 


" 


26. 1892 


Mrs. Nora Leonard West " 




28, 1890 


James Brown, Esq. " 


" 


28,1892 


Henry Minks " 


Apr. 


26, 1890 


Kate McAndrews " 


" 


23,1892 


Capt. Peter Donaldson 


May 


4, 1890 


Josie Bakewell " 




25,1892 


Mrs. Jennie Chew Maley 




4, 1890 


Eliza Wilkins " 


May 


2, 1892 


John Maley " 




fi, 1890 


C. J. Springer, Esq. " 




2, 1892 


Sarah E. P'ringle 


'' 


22, 1890 


Harry Dwyer " 


" 


3, 1892 


Martha Worcester 




20, 1890 


Belle Stewart Moorehotise " 




8, 1892 


Joseph Wells 


June 


1 , 1 890 


Solomon Burd " 




15,1892 


Mrs. Catharine Gray 




22,1890 


Dr. Wm. S. Duncan " 


" 


16,1892 


Mary Fitzgerald Livingston" 




23, 1890 


Andrew Helmick " 


" 


22, 1892 


loseph W. Williams 




28, 1890 


Bake Burd 


Jan. 


17,1892 


Phebe Booth 


July 


17, 1890 


Wm. Hoover " 




17,1892 


Frank Bayne 




13, 1890 


John L. Snowdon " 


June 


17.1892 


John Herbertson, Sr. " 


Aug. 


12,1890 


John Connell " 


Aug. 


15, 1892 


Abram Black " 




13, 1890 


Harry Springer " 




20, 1892 


Hamilton Mimdell " 




19, 1890 


Mrs. Mary Deems " 


Sept 


3, 1892 


William Minehart " 


July 


18,1890 


Chris Bakewell, Jr. " 




7, 1892 


Rebecca G. Minehart 


Oct. 


2, 1890 


Adda Johnson " 




27,1892 


Ed Clear 




20, 1890 


Elmer M. Pringle 


Oct. 


8, 1892 


Annie M . Johnson " 


Nov 


17,1890 


Darwin S. Waterall " 




7 1892 


Catharine Vance " 


Jan. 


3,1891 


Elmer W. Pringle " 




17, 1892 


Mrs. Alex Rush 




11,1891 


Osmond Johnson " 




3, 1892 


Alfred Clear, Sr. 


" 


11, 1891 


Mrs. O. M. Johnson 




21,1892 


George Nealan , Sr. " 


" 


20 1891 


Mrs Maria S. Leonard 




23,1892 


Joseph Wright " 


" 


26. 1891 


Tas. A. Cromlow 




25,1892 


Mrs, Carrie Booth 


Feb. 


24, 1891 


"Mrs. Seth T. Hurd 




22, 1892 


Mollic Wright Griblile 


Mar. 


12, 1891 


Nelson B. Bowman 




28, 1892 


James Slocuni 




15, 1891 


Harry McKee 


Dov. 


9, 1892 


Willie Lopp 




26, 1891 


Mrs. Margaret Drake 


Jan. 


5. 1893 


Simeon McCoy " 


Apr. 


5,1891 


Mrs. Mary Gue 




7. 1893 


Amanda Lopp 




13, 1891 


Mrs, Jessie Fitzgerrald " 




1.1893 


Hugh McGinty 


May 


1 1891 


Mary Stewart Weaver " 


•' 


10, 1893 


Thomas McDonald, Sr. 




8,1891 


James G. Blaine " 


" 


27, 1893 


Eliza Hartranft 




8, 1891 


Albert G. Booth 


" 


16, 1893 


Thomas Ward , Sr. " 




18, 1891 


Wm. Goughenour " 




20, 1893 


A. G. Minehart 


July 


16, LSOl 


Samuel Voorhees " 


Mar. 


6, 1893 


Samuel Martin " 




23, 1891 


Geo.W. Jolliff 




11,1 893 


Newton Springer " 




25,1891 


Alizabetii Hopkins " 




28, 1893 


Sal lie Rice DeLaney " 


Aug. 


1,1891 


Sarah Porter 


May 


20.1893 


Dr. C. L. Gummert " 




16,1891 


Geo. E. Hogg 




23. 1893 


Albert G. Storey 




18,1891 


Emily S. Wilkinson 


" 


21.1893 


RwingTodd 




19, 1891 


Al . Woodward " 


July 


6. 1893 


Lewis Marker 




31, 1891 


Willie Havs 




18. 1893 


Louisa Marker White 


Sept 


15, 1801 


Dr. N. W.'Truxal 




12. 1893 


Thomas Sutton " 




20, 1891 


Daniel Dougherty " 




12. 1893 


Mrs. Margaret Playford 


Oct. 


10, 1891 


Jacob Sechrist " 


Aug 


1.1893 


Marv R. Acklin 




11,1891 


Annie E, Maderia " 




4. 1893 


Elva Clark Moffitt 


" 


15,1891 


John Hopes " 


July 


28. 1893 


Cousin Smith " 


" 


20, 1891 


Catherine Booth " 


Aug 


20. 1893 


Efifie Moffitt Taylor 


■' 


21,1891 


Joshua Haddock " 




16. 1893 


Wm. G. Forsythe 




16, 1891 


Jane Harris " 


*' 


13.1893 


Jane Horton " 


" 


20,1881 


William Allen _ " 




23. 1893 


Silva Hopes 


Jan. 


13, 1892 


Ephram Crawford " 


Sept 


9. 1893 


Rev. B. M. Kerr 




16, 1892 


Lacv Dearth " 




9. 1893 


Michael A. Cox, Jr. " 




17,1892 


Willie Wolf 


Oct . 


12. 1893 


Jacob Ramage " 




26, 1892 


John Rhorer " 




2. 1893 


Anna Ramage " 




25, 1892 


Harrison Bishop " 




15.1893 


William Richey " 




27, 1892 


Wm. H.Holmes 


Nov 


8, 1893 


Mrs. A. A. Carmack " 




28. 1892 


Thos. S. Wright 


" 


8.1893 


Sadie Johnson " 


Feb. 


2, 1S92 


Henry M. Crawford " 




17. 1893 


May Dawyer " 




4,1892 


Mrs. jocab Marks 


" 


30. 1893 


James Warnock " 


Jan. 


30, 1892 


Louise Ramage Theakston " 


Dec. 


9, 1893 


Andrew A. Pringle " 


Feb. 


7,1892 


Rad McClurg 




10.1893 


Pualine Palling " 




20, 1892 


Harrison Mason 


'■ 


10,1893 


Dale Johnson " 




20,1892 


Harvey Milliken " 


" 


10,1893 


Sarah Butfington " 




5,1892 


Mrs. Pierce " 


" 


9, 1893 


Hellen Bakewell 


Mar. 


8, 1892 


Isabel Clever " 


" 


13,1893 


Mary Burd " 


" 


7,1892 


Henry Dales " 


Jan. 


4, 1894 


Wm. S. Fluke 


" 


15,1892 


Jennie Stickle " 




8, 1894 


Lvdia Chew " 


" 


15,1892 


John Jacobs " 


" 


16, 1894 


Prof. Thos. A. Wood 


" 


18. 1892 


F.M.Myers 


Feb. 


14. 1894 



•254 



Xecroloyicnl Record of Iht- Three Towns 



Jane A. Thornton 

Thomas Duncan 

Eliza Colvin 

F. C. S. Williams 

Wni. Piersoll 

Ellen England 

Ada Porter 

Jessie Fit'-:Rerrald 

Willard Wilkins 

Thos. Flannigan 

Thos. D. Hoover 

Mrs. James Slocuni 

R. R.Winn 

Dr. Heiirv Eastman. Sr. 

Josephine Welch Winters 

John F. Martin 

Mrs. Henry Delaney 

James Benton 

Resin Woodfill 

Lvdia Thistlethwaite 

Prof. Roh^ert H. Jamison 

E. H. Baird 

Joseph L. Rogers 

J. M. Carver 

Wm. Hurford 

Thomas Bricker 

Thos. F. Cock 

Gertrude Michener 

John G. Fear 

Ida B. Woodward 

Samuel A. Lopp, Sr. 

Domia Bell Elliott 

Chads W. Chalfant 

James V. Dwyer 

Marv Chcw 

Dale Buvard 

Otha Crawford 

Ethel Bevard 

Dr. I. B. Grooms 

Samuel B. McCroy 

Rose E. Chew 

Mrs. Eliza Herbertson 

Ellen Smith 

Henry B. Cock, Jr. 

Elizabeth J. Grooms 

Edward Moorehousc, Sr. 

Harry L. Bevard 

Charles Coburn 

lames M. Smith 
William Shaffer 
James Brit ton 
Lewis Marker, Jr. 
Annie M. Johnston 
Orlando W. Brashear 
Annie Clark 
Lelia Pat ton 

Harry Bane 

Rebecca Johnson 

Martha J. Barr 

Chas. Dorsey's child 

Prof. A. C. Lyons 

William Claybaugh 

James Hardwick 

Mamie Taylor 

Hananah Ckie 

Lizzie Pursglove 

Marv M.Tate 

Rilev Eckles 

O. R. Knight 

Mathew Davis 

Jesse P. Twigg 

MoUic Reese 

Jacob Marks 

Thomas Avibrey 

Sarah Stewart 

Eliza B. Cox 

Amanda S. Dtincan 

George Stewart, Sr. 

Charles Minehart 

Mar\' Irons 



died Feb. :-0, 1894 George E. Hatfield 

•• 21.1894 Mrs. W. S Haddock 

" •■ 22, 1894 Mrs. Wm. Hafman 

Mar. 15,1894 Archie Dwyre 

« " Hi, 1894 Mrs. Amm Leonard 

" 20,1894 Mrs. Orella C.Harrison 

" 28,1894 Abraham B.Gaskill 

June 17,1894 Kate Crawford 

" 30,1894 Hilton Johnson 

Julv 0,1894 Jennie Byland Britton 

June 25, 1894 Mrs. Hcisterman 

julv 8,1894 Moses Moorehouse 

June 29, 1894 EHza J. Johnson 

Tulv 13.1894 JeannetteMcWilliams 

'•' 31,1894 Mrs. Robert Demain 

" Aug. 2. 1894 Leonard Lenhart 

Sept. 12,1894 Dearth Marker 

" 29, 1894 Joseph Stroup 

Oct. 3, 1894 Perccv Smith 

Nov. 7.1894 Wm. P. Searight 

" 20,1894 Mvrtle G.Allison 

" 25,1894 CallieM. Dorsey 

Dec. 5,1894 Dr. J. B. Barclay 

Nov. 29, 1894 Wm. H. Rhodes 

Dec. 19,1894 Jane Marshall 

" 18,1894 Frank Shallenberger 

" 28.1894 Charles O'Donnell 

" 24,1894 Dudlev Chalfant 

" 29,1894 Elizabeth A. Hvalt 

Jan. 9,1895 Roger Chew 

•• 20,1895 Dr. Robert Plavford 

Dec. 6,1894 Marv M.Wood 

Feb. 11.1895 I.R.Hunt 

" 20,1895 HarrvB. Swords 

" 28.1895 J.Truman Wells 

Mar. 4, 1895 Ruth Marshall 

0,1895 Marv M.Jones 

Feb. Hi, 1895 Mrs. Ann Haines 

Mar. 10,1895 Josephine McDonald 

" 27,1895 William Cornell 

" 27,1895 Cornelia Day 

'■ 30,1895 Martin Dougherty 

Apr. 3,1895 Laura P. Elliott 

Mav 12, 1895 Isaac S. Crall 

■• 16,1895 Charitv A. Armstrong 

" 13.1895 John Springer 

•■ 31,1895 Mrs. Elizabeth E. Truxal 

!une 9 1895 Fred Snider 

3, 1895 Wm. S, Hatfield 

Julv 15,1895 Eliza Pursglove 

•■■ 16,1895 Belle Bvland Theakston 
" " 27,1895 lames L. Bowman 

•■ 30, 1895 Clarence P. Springer 

Aug. 24, 1895 Mrs. H. M. Wright 

•• 24 1895 Daniel Campbell 
Sept 15.1895 RoVjert Blaine 
•• 15, 1895 Dora Starr 

" 18,1895 Anna Krepps Wornock 
Oct. 6,1895 Simon Johnston 
7,1895 Charlotte Benton 
" 24,1895 Maria Minehart 
•■ 19,1895 Martha J. Blair 
'■ 27,1895 LidicK. Booth 
Nov. 8,1895 Joseph Gibbons 

9.1895 Emma Allison League 
" 20.1895 EliBailev 

" 29.1895 JohnAcklin 
Dec. 14,1895 David Martin 

" 11,1895 Mrs. E. A. Hastings 
8 1895 Sarah Jane Graham 
" Jan. 14.1896 Beniamin Thornburg 
" 29. 1896 Ruth Houston 
" 27,1896 Frank P. Stewart 
Feb. 6,1896 Moses Wright 
Ian. 31,1896 Harrold G. Booth 
" ■ •• 15,1896 Mrs. Annie Kisinger 
'■ Apr. 2.1896 Jennie Long 

2.1896 Gertrude B.Owen 

•■ 14,1896 George Livingston. Sr. 
■• 19.1896 Marv A. Vanhook 



died Apr. 18,1896 
" 23, 1896 
14, 1896 
7, 1896 
30, 1896 
June 21 1896 
July 5,1896 
5, 1896 
" 20,1896 
" 19,1896 
31,1896 
5. 1896 
3,1896 
2, 1896 
17,1896 
24, 1896 
5, 1896 
(i, 1S96 
•• 14, 1896 
•■ 13,1896 
6.1896 
Oct. 2,1896 
Sept. 27, 1896 



Me 



Aug. 



Sept. 



O 



N 



11.1 896 
11.1 896 
15,1896 
11,1896 
22,1896 
29, 1896 

7,1896 
18.1896 
18,1896 
27,1896 
22, 1896 

5. 1896 
16,1896 
18. l.«96 
21, 1896 
18, 1896 
25,1896 
28. 1896 
31,1896 
.30,1896 
18,1897 
•:7, 1897 
■i7,1897 

1,1897 

8. 1897 
8,1897 

15,1897 

•20,1897 

2,1897 

4, 1897 
2, 1897 
6,1897 

10, 1897 
16, 1897 
18,1897 
19.1897 
26.1897 
14. 1897 
20,1897 
24,1897 
30,1897 
19.1897 
19. 1897 
■28. 1897 

29. 1897 
1,1897 

28, 1897 

June 11,1897 

14,1897 

30. 1897 

1.1897 

5,1897 

5, 1897 
11.1897 
31.1897 

1.1897 
2.1897 



Dec 



Jan. 



Feb 

Jan. 
Feb 



Mar. 



Apr. 



M 



June 
Mc 



July 
Aug. 

Sept. 



Necrological Record of the Three Towns 



255 



Mrs. Ann Leonix 
Mrs. John Brickcr 
Virtue Fox 
Mrs. Moses Wright 
James Dudgeon 
Frank Barnhart 
Mrs. M. C. Griffin 
Rebecca S. Goe 
Malissa M. Carter 
John W. Thompson 
George Mormell 
John McMahon 
Annie Chew Johnson 
Robert D. Houston 
Nancy S. Houston 
J. Holmes Patton 
John R. Knight 
Thomas Brawley 
John D. Bakewell, Sr. 
Robert J. Thompson 
Adam Livingston 
Wm. Anderson 
George J. Wilkinson 
Mrs. Anna Cramer 
Mrs, Robinet Crawford 
Capt, I. C. Woodward 
John Weigle, Sr. 
Geo. W. McClain 
John Bennett 
Harry Hagar 
lames Hall 
John Cart Wright 
Wm. Pritchard 
John Hastings (colored) 
S. Hastings (colored) 
Robert Davis 
Joseph Ridge 
Maria Brock- 
John Hormell 
Walter Smith 
Zackariah Powell 
William Bricker 
Noah Speer 
Warren Ailes 
D. D. Williams 
Margaret Cooney 
Harriett Chew 
John Weston 
Thomas Lilley, Sr. 
George Miller 
Samuel Pope 
Ellen Chew 
Nathaniel Bird 
Andrew Peyton 
Joshua Speer 
Nathan Crawford 
Oliver Wells 
William Barr 
Hugh T. Boley 
William Ailes 
Geo. W. Wilkinson 
Kate Roher 
Ruth A. Carmack 
Jack Harrison 
Wilbur Taylor 
Johnny Gray, Sr. 
Victoria A.xton 
Col. Robt. G. Ingersoll 
Col. Alex. Leroy Hawkini 
James Railing 
Ellen Williams 
Andrew Smith 
John S. Cimningham 
John Pratt 
Nancy Ann Snider 
James Dorsey 
James A. Hill 
Bridget Thompson 
Ed. Butler 
Isaac W. Richard 



died 



Sept. 


10,1897 




12,1897 


" 


15, 1897 




17. 1897 




10,1897 




21, 1897 


Oct. 


21. 1897 


Nov. 


20,1897 




18,1897 


Mar. 


6, 1898 


Dec. 


23, 1897 


Feb. 


18,1898 


Mar. 


7, 1898 




16, 1898 




27,1898 


May 


3,1898 




4, 1898 




8, 1898 


July 


22, 1898 


Feb. 


11,1898 


Aug. 


18,1898 




24, 1898 


Sept 


9,1898 




10,1898 




—,1898 


" 


13, 1898 


" 


16,1898 


" 


16,1898 




23, 1898 


" 


23, 1898 




23, 1898 




23, 1898 




23 1898 




23,1898 




23, 1898 




23, 1898 




27, 1898 


Nov 


21,1898 




30, 1898 




30. 1898 




30, 1898 




30, 1898 




30.1898 


Dec. 


3, 1898 




12,1898 




21,1898 


Jan. 


10, 1899 




10,1899 




16, 1899 




20. 1899 


Mar 


11, 1899 


May 


1 1899 




5, 1899 




6, 1899 




7, 1899 




11,1899 


" 


12,1899 




15,1899 




15. 1899 




20, 1899 




21,1899 


June 


13, 1899 


July 


8,1899 




9 1899 




21,1899 




24, 1899 




26, 1899 




22, 1899 




18,1899 


Aug 


10. 1899 




13,1899 




13,1899 


" 


13, 1899 


" 


15, 1899 


" 


19, 1899 


" 


20,1899 


Sept 


. 1,1899 




4, 1899 




4 1899 




14, 1899 



James L. McDonough died 

Isaac F. Thompson 

Lettitia Bevard 

Mrs. Ann Weston 

Capt. Sam VanHook 

Mrs. S. A. Mundell 

Wallace Garwood 

Alfred Hamilton " 

Robert G. Taylor " 

Joseph E. Adams " 

Charles Cox (colored) 

John W. Worrell 

Leah C. Pringle 

Samuel Thompson 

Fred S. Chalfant 

A. Jack Weaver " 

Margaret Woodfill 

Mine disaster at Bragnell, i 
Brownsville, 

Henry Hagar died 

Albert Meese 
Samuel Meese 
William Thomas 
Eike Matsick "^ 

Peter Oszv 

Mike Rohal " 

Joseph Maygar " 

George Vasciek 
Joseph Budshot " 

Andy Rapashie " 

George Kovasa 
Joseph Rodolencke " 

Mike Patobeck 
John Knelsik 

Andy Parobeck " 

George Vasilka 
Oliver Bakewell " 

Wm. A. Suter " 

John B. Patterson " 

Adelbert L. Herrington 
Ephraim Bar " 

Solomon Smith 
James Allison Gue " 

John L. Clawson 
Edwin Binns " 

Amos Cleaver 

Mary Marker 

Nathaniel P. Hormell 
Caroline V. Taylor 

James W. Jeffries 

"Rose Ann Bar " 

Thomas Barnes " 

Robert Gillis, Sr. 
Albert Rager 

Mrs. Alexander Shaw 

William Chaltand 

Dr. Q. C. Farqudar 

Mrs. I. W\ Parks 

Reason Lynch 

Harrison Wood 

Oliver P. Baldwin 

Ina L. Gue 

Nelson Chalfant 

Carl N. Ailes 

Frank White dier] 

Milton S. Thompson 

Thomas G. Nealan 

Charlotte Mitchell 

Kate J. Kre]>ps 

ElizaV eth Dorsev 

John Albright 

J.Rollin Nclan.M. D. 

Joseph Horner 

Harriett Clavl;augh Britton" 

Ashbel F. Smith 

George Lopp. Sr. 

Lucius M Theakston 

Mrs. Morgan 

Jesse P. Crawford 

( orne'.ia Eolden (colored) 



Sept. 


28,1899 


Oct. 


9 1899 




10, 1899 




25, 1899 




27,1899 


Nov. 


13,1899 




16, 1899 


" 


16,1899 


" 


20, 1899 


" 


20,1899 


" 


20, 1899 


Dec. 


5,1899 




6, 1899 




7,1899 




15,1899 


" 


17,1899 


" 


19, 1899 


' miles east of 


Dec. 


23,1899 




23. 1899 




23, 1899 


" 


23, 1899 


" 


23, 1899 


" 


23, 1899 




23, 1899 


" 


23, 1899 


" 


23, 1899 




23, 1899 


" 


23, 1899 


" 


23, 1899 




23, 1899 


" 


23, 1899 


" 


23, 1899 




23,1899 




23. 1899 


Jan. 


1, 1900 




4, 1900 




6, 1900 




8,1900 


Feb. 


1,1900 




6, 1900 


Mar 


2, 1900 


" 


3,1900 




9, 1900 




12,1900 




13,1900 




15,1900 


'• 


20, 1900 




20, 1900 


" 


23, 1900 


" 


22,1900 




29, 1900 




28. 1900 


Apr 


6, 1900 




11, 1900 


Mar 


28, 1900 




— , 1900 





— , 1900 


Ma\ 


21. 1900 


Apr 


26, 1900 




23. 1900 


" 


26,1900 


Jan. 


26 1901 


Feb 


28, 1901 




28. irOl 




- . 1901 


Mar 


. 2. 1901 




3, 1901 




17. 1901 




26, 1901 




28, 1901 


Apr 


4, 1901 




6. 1901 




11. 1901 




14 1901 




17. 1901 




17, 1901 




19. 1900 


Ma> 


22, 1901 



256 



Necrological Record of tlu- Three Towns 



William J. Rice died 


May 


23, 1901 


Hanna J. Porter died 


Feb 


28, 1903 


John L. Xelan " 




24, 1901 


Mary A McGinty " 


" 


28, 1903 


William Husenman " 




28 1901 


Charles A. Frost 


" 


28. 1903 


Elizabeth Lopp " 


" 


30, 1901 


George W. Black 


Mar 


3, 1903 


Robert T. Dales 




31, 1901 


Samuel H. Piersol " 




6, 1903 


Ida Wilkins Layton " 


June 


G, 1901 


Harriet Calvert Fletcher " 


Apr 


10, 1903 


GeofRe W. Waggoner " 


" 


7, 1901 


Thomas M. Hopkins " 




23, 1903 


James Martin " 


" 


8, 1901 


Miss Blanche Springer " 


" 


24, 1903 


Joseph Fanjuhar " 


" 


8, 1901 


Charles Jadinsky " 


" 


27, 1903 


James S. Binch " 


" 


S, 1901 


Mrs. Lucinda C. Swearer " 


" 


28, 1903 


Mrs. Mary Richey " 


" 


10, 1901 


Robert Moorehouse " 


" 


30, 1903 


Mrs. Jennie Patterson Lopp" 


" 


12, 1901 


Isaac Smothers " 


May 


31, 1903 


Martha Houston " 


" 


14, 1901 


Adoli)hus Chew " 


lune 


5, 1903 


Isaac Coleman Ailes " 


" 


1.5, 1901 


William Hazen " 


July 


1 , 1903 


John S. Wilgus " 




10. 1901 


Anna Ridge " 




9, 1903 


James Miller " 


July 


.5, 1901 


Christiana Lindv " 


" 


9, 1903 


Jesse H . Bulger " 


" 


9, 1901 


William ParkhiU 




23, 1903 


Belle Deems Vortv " 


" 


9, 1901 


James Simpson " 


" 


31,1903 


Oliver Allen, Sr. 




15, 1901 


John Ramage " 


Aug. 


11,1903 


Thomas Hill 


" 


16, 1901 


Sealjorn Crawford " 


Sept 


9. 1903 


Mrs. Lucinda Eckles " 


" 


25, 1901 


lames Ghrist " 




18, 1903 


Mrs. Amy Sargent " 


Aug 


9,1901 


S. E Miller killed 


" 


20,1903 


William XIcKinley " 


Sept 


13, 1901 


William Gately " 


" 


20, 1903 


Charles Hormell " 


" 


25, 1901 


Child of S. Theakston died 


" 


24, 1903 


Mrs. Nancy Burd " 


" 


26,1901 


Miss Eva J. Murray " 


" 


29,1903 


Jos. D. Armstrong * 


" 


29,1901 


John Sorrell (colored) " 


" 


3,1903 


Joshua Hand " 


" 


18,1901 


Jack Hall 


" 


14, 1903 


Anna Axton Manges " 


Oct. 


25, 1901 


Seaborn Crawford " 


" 


9, 1903 


Mrs. Mary Montgomery " 


Nov 


5,1901 


John Dean " 


'■■ 


3, 1903 


Alexander Wilson " 


" 


5, 1901 


Agnes Selden " 


" 


26 1903 


Amanda Livingston " 


■■' 


14,1901 


Mike Adams " 


" 


28, 1903 


Benjamin Crall " 


" 


18,1901 


Mrs. Fletcher F, Chaifant " 


" 


29, 1903 


John L. Province " 


" 


23, 1901 


Mrs. Sarah Wright 


Oct. 


11, 1903 


Capt. A. Carl Cock " 


Jan. 


5, 1902 


Mrs. lane Van Kirk " 




12, 1903 


Parker Pyle 


" 


7, 1902 


Child of Thos. Williams 


" 


20, 1903 


Mrs. Morgan Pierce " 


" 


10, 1902 


Child of Totko 


" 


29,1903 


Carrie Calvert " 


" 


14, 1902 


William Bravley " 


" 


23 1903 


Alonza Calvert " 


" 


16, 1902 


William Gordon " 




25, 1903 


Jesse Smith " 


" 


20,1902 


Nicholas C. Swearer " 


" 


2, 1903 


Elvy Grimes " 


Feb. 


18,1902 


Mrs. Caroline Wheeler " 


" 


3,1903 


Mrs. Jane Jackson " 


" 


21, 1902 


Unknown (died of smallpox) 




3, 1900 


Jacob Lilley " 


Mar. 


15,1902 


Mrs. Brown died 


" 


21,1903 


John Williams " 


" 


18,1902 


Infant (Geo. Locatta) " 


" 


20, 1903 


Prof. E. F. Porter 


Apr. 


5, 1902 


Infant (Hungarian) " 


" 


27, 1903 


Fletcher F. Chaifant 




21,1902 


Infant (Hungarian) " 


" 


27 1903 


Robert Miller 


May 


14. 1902 


Alexander Jordan " 


" 


27,1903 


Anna Grimes Miller " 


" 


10,1902 


Mrs. Anna Marie Wilson " 


" 


24, 1903 


Samuel H. Smith, Es(|. " 


" 


23,1902 


Ettie Islor _ 


Nov 


22, 1903 


FrankA. Gribble 


" 


25, 1902 


Jeremiah Cane " 


" 


n. 1903 


Amos Carlson " 


June 


n, 1902 


Steve Mart inota " 


" 


12, 1903 


Minnie Brenton " 


" 


30, 1902 


Mrs. Mike I'xlecon " 


'■ 


12, 1903 


W. H. Thomas " 


July 


23, 1902 


Mrs. Mary Vernon " 


" 


9, 1903 


Benjamin Shoemaker " 




25, 1902 


IgnatzNigy " 


" 


10 1903 


J mesM.Abrams " 


Atjg. 


9,1902 


Joe Watto (Italian) " 


" 


16, 1903 


Erasmus Kaiser " 




10, 1902 


Mrs. Martha D. Calvert " 


Dee 


. 5, 1903 


John Pallent 


" 


11,1902 


Ada L. vSpringcr 


'■ 


13,1903 


Kate Hurd Graham " 


" 


13, 1902 


Robert 11. Ackhn 


" 


27, 1903 


Mrs. Ella Bailey 


" 


— . 1902 


Joclin Moyer " 


" 


21,1903 


James W. Claybaugh " 


Sept 


3, 1902 


Viola CraVjle (colored) " 


" 


8, 1903 


Morgan Pierce " 


" 


3, 1902 


Ivy Kelley " 


" 


10, 1903 


Leonard Swords " 


" 


4, 1902 


S. Green " 


" 


15, 1903 


Wilson Simjison " 


" 


4, 1902 


Silas B. Drum 


" 


18,1903 


William L. Guiler " 




13. 1902 


Mr. Rosec (foreigner) " 


" 


28, 1903 


Mrs. Mollie Blair " 


" 


17, 1902 


Tony Kesfofe (foreigner) " 


" 


22, 1903 


Isaac Linn " 


Oct. 


10, 1902 


Lewis Stovey " 


" 


28, 1903 


Charles Marker " 


Nov. 


7,1902 


Infant of Isaac Frank " 


Jan. 


19, 1904 


Isaac N. Burson " 


" 


2, 1902 


Wm. Robinson " 


'• 


6, 1904 


John Reynolds " 


" 


11, 1902 


Unknown Italian 






Louis Grafinger " 


" 


13, 1902 


(blown up at tunnel) " 




11. 1904 


Joshua Mechem " 


" 


24, 1902 


Unknown Italian 






Wm. H. Ammon " 


" 


25,1902 


(blo\vn up at tunnel) 




9,1904 


Lint Dutton " 


" 


26, 1902 


Katherine Graham 


" 


16, 1904 


J. Shannon McCutchion " 


" 


29, 1902 


Mrs. Lizzie Crable and child 






Henry Delaney " 


Dec. 


27,1902 


(smallpox, colored) died 


" 


16, 1904 


Fred Grover's baby " 


Jan. 


2, 1903 


Henry Lancaster (colored) " 




18, 1904 


Wm. M. Linn ' " 


" 


20, 1903 


John Smith " 




26, 1904 


U. G. M. Perrin 


" 


22, 1903 


Caroline Briner 




26, 1904 


Frank Martin " 


" 


29, 1903 


Killed at Briar Hill shaft 






James M. Hutchinson " 


Feb. 


1. 1903 


Domino Cafosse 


Jan. 


28, 1904 


Simon Lilley " 


" 


6, 1903 


Frank Cafosse 


" 


28, 1904 



Necroloyical Record of the Three Towns 



257 



Domino Castindinc Jan. 

Angelo Mazzo " 

Mrs. Sara A. Kisinger died " 

Ella Wakefield 

Infant of Mr. Luther Sheets " " 

Robert Bailey " " 

Jerniiah Peirsol " " 

Samuel M. Binns " " 

John H. Beckley " I'eb 

Daisy Murry " " 

Capt. Michael A. Cox " " 

David D. Pugh 

C. G. Johnson " " 

John Mitchell " " 

Wm. M. Brewer " " 

Mrs. Cathern Troth 

A.B.Ledwith 

Roppath Celniso " " 

Edward Snowdon " Mar. 



28, 1904 Mrs. EHzabeth Eckles died 
28,1904 Elsie Laughery 

2, 1904 Isaac Winn 

2,1904 Child of Wm. Bell 

9,1904 Archie McAleese 

17,1904 Child, Camino 

29, 1904 Lafavette Terrell (colored) 
31,1904 NickMunson 

4 1904 Alvin Harzy 

18, 1904 Tony J. Vigotte 

20,1904 Mary Bolden (colored) 

25. 1904 Four Italians killed at tunnel 

8, 1904 Two colored men killed at tunne 

11,1904 Mrs. Paul Hough died 

15,1904 Infant of Geo Workman " 

24 1904 Mrs. Geo. Workman 

24, 1904 Mrs. Margaret Fenwick 

24, 1904 Thos. Williams 

4, 1904 



Mar. 


15 


1904 




18 


1904 




3 


1904 




4 


1904 




16 


1904 




7 


1904 




18 


1904 




18 


1904 




26 


1904 




26 


1904 




27 


1904 




28 


1904 


" 


28 


1904 


Apr. 


21 


1904 




22 


1904 




27 


1904 


May 


10 


1904 


" 


12 


1904 





Tombstone of Jiio. II. Wasliiiiutou 
Tombstone of Archibaki Washington 



Tombstone of Thos. Brown 
l-'onn<ler of ISrownsvillt- 



History of Brownsville 



Where Located — Early Settlers — Cresap's Ferry — Cresap Exoner- 
ated OF Killing Logan's Family — Thomas and Basil Brown — 
Brownsville Laid Ol't and Incorporated — First Borocgh Officials 
— Present Borolgh Officials — Postmasters Who Have Served 
AT Brownsville — Early Fire Protection — Old Cemeteries — 
Redstone Cemetery — First and Present Officials — Rules of the 
Cemetery — Endowment Fcnd — Not Rcn for Profit of Stock- 
holders — Ladies of the Round Table. 

WHERE LOCATED. 

Almost cx'cry historical record that wc have been able t(j find refers to 
Brownsville as being at the mouth of Redstone Creek and as is well known, 
the relic of the mound-builders and the later Fort Burd are described as being 
at the mouth of Redstone. In fact the name of Redstone was gi\-en to the 
mound of the prehistoric race who li\ed and labored here long before Colum- 
bus sighted the new world, and yet it is not at the inouth of Redstone at all 
but at the mouth of Nemacolin Creek, which name was also a])]iropriated by 
Colonel Dunlap, thus making it Dunla])'s. Creek, when in fact it should ha\-e 
been Nemacolin Creek. If history related absolute facts it would say that 
earh' emigration steered for Nemacolin Creek instead of for Redstone and 
Redstone Old Fort, wotild be recorded Neinacolin Old Fort. The mouth of 
Redstone is fully a mile froin Redstone Old Fort and from Brownsville, 
while Neinacolin Creek passes right under the shadow of the jioint on which 
the old fort and later Fort Burd, were built, and on which the ]jrincipal ])art 
of the original Browns\-ille stands. 



EARLY SETTLERS. 

The first settlers within the territory that is now within the cf^rjiorate 
limits of Brownsville, were Jaines Crawford, Abrahain Tegard, John Province, 
John Hardin and Michael Cresap. It seems that Cresap is the only one who 
made any effort to establish a claim to the land. He took up a "Tomahawk 
Claim," that is, he blazed a nrmiber of trees and built a cabin of logs and 
covered it with shingles "nailed on," which bears the distinction of being 
the first house so constructed west of the .Allegheny moimtains. On the 
strength of this he secured a Virginia title to a large tract of land including 
the old fort of the mound-builders known as "Redstone Old Fort, on the 
site of which Colonel James Btird, in 17.')9, built Fort Burd. 



260 Cresap's Ferry 

CRKSAP'S IMCRRV. 

February 2o. 177."). Michael Crcsajj was authorized by the Virginia court 
to keep or run a ferry on the Monongahela River at Redstone Old Fort or 
rather between that place and the land of Indian Peter on the opposite side 
of the river where West Browns\-illc now stands. Cresap seems to have 
established the ferry but as he died that fall, the ferry fell into other hands, 
whose is not definitely known, but the records of the Fayette County courts 
in ] 78S disclose the fact that at that time it was in the hands of one of the 
Gilles])ies. The landing on this side of the river was at a point in front of 
the United States Hotel, now the Albion Hotel. The ferry continued here 
till the National Road was completed in 1820 when it was moved up the 
river to Bridge])ort where the ])resent steamboat landing now is and where 
it continued to ply till the wooden bridge was finished in 1833. 

It may not be out of order here to mention that there was another ferry 
located farther up the river, that plied between a point in front of where 
Solomon G. Krepjis, Sr., now resides, in Bridgeport, and the old stone hottse 
on the West Brownsville side, located near the Sam Thotnpson distillery. 
The old stone house was then a ta\-ern and was the ])roperty of the Krepps'. 
The ferry was established l)y John Krepjjs in 17('4 and continued till some 
time after the Monongahela bridge was com])lcted. Towards the end of its 
days it was rtm by steam. 



CRESAP EXONERATED OF KILLIXG LOGAN'S FAMILY. 

Mr. Cresap is the man who was accused of killing the family of Logan, the 
Indian chief. Captain Cresap took active part in the Indian troubles about 
Pittsburg and Wheeling in 1774 and in the summer of 1775 led a company of 
rillemen from Maryland to Cambridge, Mass., to join General Washington. 
A part of this company was enlisted from Fayette County or what is now 
Fayette County. Captain Cresap took sick shortly after reaching Cambridge 
and started home btit when he reached New York he was unable to 
proceed farther. He remained in New York till October of that year when 
he died. His son Michael and John J. Jacob who had been a clerk in his 
store and who afterwards married his widow, were the executors of his 
estate, and it was largely through them that his name has been entirely 
cleared of the odiurn that attached to it on account of the murder of the 
Logan family. They proved conclusively that he was not in that section 
of the covintrv when the murder occurred. 



THOMAS AND BASIL BROWN. 

Michael Cresap sold his land to Thotnas and Basil Brown some yeai's later, 
who in 178.5 laid out the original town of Brownsville. A public sqtiarc was 
left open on the south side of Front street and between this and the river a 



Brownsville Laid Out and Incorporated 261 

l)uri:il grovnid was rc'Scr\H'd. In this l)uri;d i^rdund Thomas Brown was finally 
laid to rest in 1797 and nnlil qtiitc recently the stone marking his grax'e was 
still standing and engraved on it were these words: "Here lies the Ijody of 
Thomas Brown, who was once the (iwner of this town, who di-parted this 
life March S, 1797, aged S9 years." In this same ancient cemetery were 
buried two brothers of George Washington. "" ' i ,_^__^ v_'^'-' 

BROWNSVILLE LAID OUT AND INCORPORATED. 

While Brownsville was laid out in 1 7S.") and at once commenced its jihi-- 
nomenal growth both in population and industry, it was not incorporated 
till 1815. The Act of Assembly by which it was incorporated was passed 
December 14, 1814, and approved January 9, 1S15. An election was held 
at the house of Jacob Coplan on the first Tuesday of A])ril oi the latter year 
and the following borough officers were elected: 



FIRST BOROUGH OFFICIALS. 

Thomas McKibben. chief burgess; Philij) Shat'fner, assistant burgess; 
William Hogg, Basil Brashear. John S. Duncan, John McCadden. George 
Hogg, Jr., Israel Aliller and George Dawson, councilmen; John Jaques, high 
constable. In 1817 Bri)wns\-ille township was constituted being taken from 
Redstone township. The number of taxpayers at the time Brownsville 
was incorporated is gi\-en as 234. 



PRESENT BOROUGH OFFICIALS. 

Burgess: William H. Fisher. 

Council: Harry Kisinger. president; Benj. Hibbs, Charles L. Snowdon. 
Edgar T. Brashear, A. A. Carmack, W. A. Griffin, Jas. F. Collier. 

Secretary of Council: Charles W. Coulter. 

Treasurer: Monongahela Bank. 

Assessor: Edw. DeLaney. 

Auditors: W. A. Griffin, J. Howard Snowdon, Edw. DeLaney. 

Tax Collector: George C. Steele. 

Policemen: A. C. Patterson, chief; Alex. Labin, Clyde Worcester. 

Constable: George N. Porter. 

Street Commissioner: Jesse Johnson. 

School Directors: W. A. Edmiston, president; W. L. Lenhart, secre- 
tary; J. A. Houston, Harry Kisinger, C. L. Snowdon, Frank Gabler, Frank 
Gadd, Charles M. Gregg. William Acklin, Charles Storey, Benj. F. Hibbs. 

Justice of the Peace: Charles W. Bowman, William L. Lenhart. 

Health Board: Dr. C. C. Reichard, President; Dr. Louis N. Reichard. 
vSecretarv; Dr. Collev Miller, S. S. Graham, Samuel E. Tavlor. 



262 Postmasters Who Have Served Brownsville 



i'()STM.\STi-:ks WHO 11.WI-; si-:r\'i:i) i^rowxsx'illi-:. 

The post oflice at Brownsville was eslablishcd January 1, 1795. Tin 
fullowino is a list of the postmasters with the date of their appointments: 
jaeii!) Bowman, January 1, 1 7U5. 
Martin Tiernan. April 2'.). ISini. 
Margaret Tiernan, Uecemlier (l, ls:>4. 
William r,. Rolierls, Deceml)er 12, 1838. 
William Sloan, July 10, 1841. 
Ihnry J. Ridden, Jvme 4, 1845. 
William Sloan (second time) May 11, 1849. 
Isaac Bailey, May 18, 185:5. 
Samuel Snowden. March lo. ISlll. 
Oliver P. Baldwin, March 7. 18C)5. 
Henry Bul.s?er, April <■.). \S(\\). 
John S. Wil,t,ms, Ajiril 9, 187o. 
J. Nelson Snowdon, January 2:!, 1878. 
Holmes Patton. 
W .\. McCormick. 
W. (,". Steele, February 15, 1899. 



EARLY FIRK PR()TEC"riON. 

Browns\ille has ne\-er had a lire department, n(.)r has ilu're e\-er been in ihi' 
borough any efficient organization furnished with ade(|uale ajiparatus and 
appliances for the extinguishment of fires, though at least three of the old- 
style hand fire engines have been purchased. The date of the ])urchase 
of the first of these has not bec-n ascertained for the rtvison that no borongh 
records can 1)C found co\-cring the period from March, 1821, to August, 184(', 
as before mentioned. That the borough was in jjossession of the engine 
house, and therefore, presumably, an engine, ])rior to the latte^r date, is shown 
by the fact that at that time a bill was ])resentcd and allowed by the board 
"for p;iinlin,g tin- engine house." 

On the 12th of (Jctober, 1842. the ])etition of about tifty citizens was pre- 
sented "])raying the council to ])ro\-ide suitable means to guard against 
the accident of fire, and to take a loan for the ])ur]iose of defraying the 
necessary (.'.xpenscs thereof." At the saiiK' time a coniiniltec was a])]iointcd 
to examine the three springs at tht' head of the town with a \'iew to the 
construction and svtpply of a reserxnir, and to report on the same. On 
the 17th of the- same month the committee re]iorted that t(.) "construct 
a reser\-oir, at the spring above Workman's, thirty feet stjuare and 
twt'l\-e feet deep, to cover the same and to bring the water through iron 
pipes to Brashear's Alley, will cost about one thousand dollars; and for 
each additional foot of ])i])e, and laying the same, one dollar thirty-seven 
and a half cents." Also that fire ])lugs should be ])ut in at each square, 
costing, by estimation, forty dollars. George Dawson was instructed l.)y 



Early Fire Protection 



2&3 




Chas. Bowman's Yard — Neiiiacolin Castle 



the council to confer with the heirs of Neal Gillespie to ascertain what tliev 
would charge for land for the reservoir. On the 24th of October, Mr. Dawson 
reported that permission to build the reservoir could not be obtained. 

October 17th, 1842, council resolved "that Robert Rogers and Edward 
Hughes be and they are hereby appointed a committee to contract for a 
fire engine." October 20th, Robert Rogers was appointed to eoniract fnr 
four ladders — two of twenty feet and two of sixteen feet in length — and for 
six fire hooks. 

January 12, 1843, "the president, Mr. Robert Rogers, was appointed to 
contract with some one to build an engine house at the west end of the market 
hovise." On the 17th of the same month, "Robert Rogers, president, re- 
ported that he had articled with Faull & Hcrbertson for a fire engine for 
three hundred and fifty dollars," and two days later he reported tliat he 
"had contracted with John Johnson to build the engine house. " 

The Mechanics' Fire Company, of Brownsville, petitioned the eoimcil 
Nov. 7, 1S43, to furnish them with one himdred feet of ro])e and two axes, 
which was done. 

June 27. ISol, "the large fire engine" was jilaeed under control and in 
charge of a cf)m])any who had recently organized and ^jetitioned the c-ouncil 
for that jjurpose. 



264 old Cemeteries 



Sul^sccjucntly, at different times, when by the occurrence of Hres, the 
attention of the citizens had been called to necessitj' of taking measures 
to ])revent widespread disaster from that cause, new fire companies have 
been formed and organized. l)ut as often have they l)eeome disorganized 
and disbanded after a brief iH'rind of aclixity and enthtisiasm. 

Obi) ri-:Mi-:Ti-:Rii-:s. 

On the hill adjoining the "public square" on Front Street is Brownsville's 
oldest Vnirial place, but now, and for some years ])ast, inclosed with the grounds 
of I . W. Jeffries. Within theinclosure until recently, may have been seen the 
headstone which once marlccd the grave of Thomas Brown, the foimdcr of 
the town. Upon it is the following inscrijit ion, still legible; "Here lies 
the body of Thomas Brown, who once was the owner of this town. De- 
])arted tliis life March 8, 1797, aged 89 years." Tliere was also a stone sacred 
to the memory of Basil King, who died in 1805, and three others, which 
were respectively erected over the graves of John H. and Archibald Wash- 
ington, bnithcrs of George Washington, and Edward B. Mechem, all of whom 
died in 181S. Thc^se three men (of whom the latter was a native of South 
Carolina, and the other two of Southampton, Va.), were members of a party 
who came through from Baltimore, Md.. having with them a gang of 
negro slaves, manacled ami chained together, and bound for Kentucky, 
which they expected to reach by fiatboat from Brownsville, down the 
Monongahela and Ohio. Arri\-ing at Brownsville they were compelled 
to wait for some time for means of trans])ortation down the river, and during 
the ])eriod o{ this delay the "jail fever" (declared by many to have been 
small] )o\) brokt' out among the negroes, several of whom died and were 
buried in the south part of the j)Viblic gnmnd. The disease was communi- 
cated to the white men; the two Washingtons took it, and both died on the 
10th of April in the year named. Mechem was also a victim, and died three 
days later, A])ril 13th. All three were interred in the old burial ground, 
and stones erected over their graves, as before mentioned. These stones as 
well as all others in the old ground, ha\-e lieen removed from their places 
at the graves which they once marked, and none are now left standing. 
Many years have passed since any interments were made here, and there 
is nothing seen U])on the s[)ot to indicate that it was ever tised as a burial 
jjlaee. 

Connected with the churchyards of the E])i.scopal and Methodist churches 
are gix)unds set apart many years ago for burial purposes, and containing a 
great nttmber of graves. These were in general use as places of interment 
until the opening of the cemetery outside the borough limits, about twenty 
years ago. The Catholics have a cemetery connected with their church. 

REDSTONE CEMETERY ASSOCIATION. 

The "Redstone Cemetery," situated on the high land on the south side of the 
National Road, about three-fourths of a mile southwardly from Brownsville. 



Redstone Cemetery Association 



265 




IJirUipIace of Senator P. C. Knox, l!ro\\ns\ine 

was laid out and established as a burial ground by an association formed in 
ISGO, and composed of ^Yilliam L. Lafferty, Rev. R. Wallace, William H. 
Clarke, James Slocum, William M. Lcdwith, William Parkhill, Thomas C. 
Tiernan, John R. Button, David Knox, and Cajjt. Adam Jacobs. They 
purchased the cemetery tract (about nine acres) of Daniel Blubaker for $1,(300. 
The soil is underlaid, at the depth of about two feet, with a bed of soft sand- 
stone, and this, in the case of each interment, is cut through to the reriuired 
size of the grave, thus forming a sort of vattlt, Avhich in making the burial 
is covered b}' a flagstone, of which a large supply is constantly kept on hand 
by the association. 

The cemetery is located on a spot which was made attractive by nature, 
and its beauty has been greatly enhanced by the laying out, which was done 
in the modern style of cemeteries, with winding paths and graded carriage- 
ways, and all embellished by the planting of ornainental trees, with an 
abundance of evergreens. There has been many handsome and expensive 
monuments and memorial stones erected in this ground, and in regard to 
these and other particulars, few cemeteries can be found more beautiful than 
this. 

FIRST AND PRESENT OFFICIALS. 



The cemetery association, formed in 1800, was not chartered until Feb. 
24, 1877. The first president was Dr. Wm. L. Lafferty; secretary and 



•2(5(5 I'irsl and Present Officials 

treasurer. William M. Ledwith. In ISC)."), Dr. Lafferty was succeeded by 
lohn R. Dutton, now deceased 

The present officials are: H. \V. Rohinsdn. iiresident; William .\. iCdmis- 
ton, seeretarv; S. S. Graham, H. W. Knliinscm, W A I'.dmislon, T. M. 
Rojjers and C. L. Snowdon. directors. 

RULES OF THE CEMETERY ASSOCIATION. 

From tVie Rviles and Regulations of the Redstone Cemetery Company of Rrownsvillc, 
Fayette County, Pa., chartered February 24th, 1877, we copy the following: 

1. The Corporation shall be known as the "Redstone Cemetery Company," and by that 
name shall have perpetual succes.sion. 

2. The purpose of the Company shall be the maintenance of a public cemetery tor the 
burial of the dead, under such conditions, rules and regulations as the Board of Directors or 
Managers mav from time to time estatilish. 

3. The place of business of the said Corporation shall be in Brownsville, Fayette County, 
Pa. (The grounds o{ said Company being in Brownsville Township, Fayette County. Pa.) 

4. The regular annual meeting of the stockholders shall be held on the first Monday of 
.May in each year, at which time an election shall be held for five directors of said Company, and 
in case of the failure or neglect of the stockhloders to meet and hold the election as herein pro- 
vided, then the old Board of Directors shall continue to hold office and perform the necesssary 
duties of the same until their successors are duly elected, and any vacancy in the Board caused 
by death, resignation or otherwise, may be filled by a maiority of the directors in office. The 
directors shall have full power to put in execution all laws, rules and regulations, as may be 
necessary and proper for the government of the Corporation, its officers and affairs. 

5. No certificate of title or ownenship to any lot in this Cemetery, shall issue until the pur- 
chase money is wholly paid up, and any purchaser of a lot who is in arrears for any balance of 
purchase money and who has refvi.sed or neglected to pay the remainder thereof, for a term of 
one year f'om the date of purchase, shall forfeit his rights to any further occupancy of said lot. 
and no permit for any interment shall be granted to him or any of his heirs until all arrearages, 
both principal and interest are fully paid, and if said person shall neglect to pay said arrearages 
for a further term of one year after being served with a notice of said arrearges. said lot shall be 
absolutely forfeited, and if there have been interments therein the graves may be leveled and 
the lot resold, or it may be set apart as a portion of the ornamented part of the Cemetery, 
as the managers may decide in each case. 

REGARDING INTERMENTS. 

1. Whenever an interment is to be made and before the ground can be Vjroken for any 
grave, a permit shall first be obtained from the President, authorizing the Sexton to prepare 
the same, and application for such permit should in all cases be made in ample time to allow 
the work to V)e properly done. 

2. Any lot owner allowing a friend to make an interment in his lot, shall leave a written 
reriuest or order with the President before a permit for said interment can be issued. 

3. All interments- must be paid for to the President, when the permit is given and before 
the interment is made. 

DISINTERMENTS. 
1. No disinterment either for removal from the Cemetery or for reinterment in another 
part of the same, can be allowed during the month of April, May, June. July, August or Sep- 
tember, but from the first of October to the 31st of March, disinterments may be made at the 
discretion of and by permission from the President (see act of assembly). No allowance shall 
be made for a grave vacated by disinterment. 

VISITORS. 

Visitors will be admitted on all days of the week (except Sunday) subject to such regula- 
tions as the Board may from time to time prescribe. 

Visitors mvist retire and the gates be closed and locked at 7:30 o clock during the long 
evenings of the summer, and 4 o'clock during the balance of the year. 

Children will not be admitted, unless attended Viy some person who will be responsible 
for their good conduct. 

Schools or other large assemblages or parties with refreshments, persons on horseback or 
with a dog, will positively not be athnitted at all. 

No visitors will be admitted to the cemetery grounds on the Sabbath day, except owners 
of lots and their families, and they will be required to present a pass, to be obtained from and 
signed b\- the president and reads as follows; 

"Redstone Ce.metekv." 

Lot Ow.nek's Sund.'W Ticket. 

not tk.^nsfekabi.e. 

Admit 

Pres. 

This ticket will admit none but owners of lots and their families. Children must be accom- 
panied by an adult, who will Le held responsible for their good conduct while on the- ground. 



Not Run for Benefit of Stockholders 267 



ENDOWMENT FUND. 
In order to comply with the urgent demand of numerous owners of lots for some method 
by which permanent means can be supplied to secure and insure the perpetual care and preser- 
vation of their lots, etc., the following plan is proposed: 

ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT. 

This agreement, made this day of A. D. 18. . . . between 

of the one part and Board of Directors of the 

Redstone Cemetery Company, of Brownsville, Fayette County, Pa., of the other part. 

Witnesseth, that the said. has deposited with 

said Cemetery Company the sum of $50.00, in consideration of which the said directors, for 
themselves and their successors, hereby agree to receive and hold the same sum in trust forever 
and invest it with other funds of like character, and to apply the income arising therefrom, from 
time to time, under the supervision of the directors, for the time fjeing, to the repair and preser- 
vation of any headstone, tomb, or monuments, or for planting or cultivating trees and 

shrubs upon or in Lot No in Sec in the said Redstone Cemetery, and the 

surplus, if any, at the end of each year, to remain as a sinking fund, to be applied solely and 

exclusively to the repair and keeping in order said Lot in Sec PROVIDED. 

that the said directors shall not be responsible for their conduct in the discharge of said trust 
except for good faith, and such reasonable diligence as may be required of mere gratuitous 
agents; and provided further, that the said directors shall in no case be obliged to make 
separate investment of the sum so given, and that the average income derived from all funds 
of like nature, belonging to the Corporation, shall Vje divided annually and carried proportion- 
ately to the credit of each lot entitled hereto. 

In witness whereof, the said has hereto set 

his hand, and the directors of Redstone Cenietery Company have hereunto set their corporate 

seal, together with the signature of president and treasurer, this . day 

of A. D. 18 

Pres 

Treas 

NOT RUN FOR THK BENEFIT OF STOCKHOLDERS. 

While it does not apjicar in the foregoing, it is nevertheless true, that 
the Brownsville Cemetery is not run hir proht, as the stockholders, in 
1888 mutually, and unanimously agreed to cease paying dividends. The 
company or incorj.ioration was $1,000. 00 in debt when it ceased jiaving 
dividends, but now has in its endowment fund aljotit $'J,00(J.OO. 



LADIES OF THE ROUND TABLE. 

One of the interesting literary clulis of Brownsville, is known as the 
"Ladies of the Round Table." Wc^ekly meetings have been held for more 
than a year, at the homes of the members who now number twel\-e. 

L'p to the present time the work of the club has been confined to the study 
of Shakespeare and his dramas. bvU other English authors will be discussed 
later. 

The club colors are royal purple and gold, and the motto is " Knowledge 
Diffused Immortalizes Itself," and reflects in some measure the s])irit of the 
organization. Mary Josej.ih Johnston is secretary of ihe elul). 



9 



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Biographies of Borough Officials 
(^Brownsville) 

Wii.i.iAM II. I'lsiiHR is a son of William and Mary Ann (IlorUm) Fisher and 
was born in Easl Bethclchem township, Washington County, Pennsylvania, 
September 25, 18()2. He was raised on the farm thai he now owns and that 
has come down throtigh three generations, first having been bought from 
Joseph Woodiield who secured the patent for it from the government and 
who sold it to Mr. Fisher's grandfather, William Fisher, in 1803. He left it 
to his son, William, and he in turn to William Fisher the subject of this sketch. 

Mr. l-'isher received his education in the ])ublic schools of East Bethlehem 
townshi]) and in Washington and JelTcrson college. After finishing his educa- 
tion he remained on the farm till he was tw'enty-nine years of age when he 
moved to BrownsN'illc where he has since resided. 

On leaving the farm and coming to town he took up the real estate and 
insurance business and has followed that with excellent success ever since. 

Mr. Fisher is a Republican and has always taken an active part in the 
deliberations and work of his party. From the time he reached his majority 
till he left Washington County he attended every county convention as a 
delegate. He was continuously a meml)er of the county and a ninnber of 
times chosen as chairman of the townshij) ccjmmittee. Mr, F'isher was twice 
a member of the congressional ccjnferee committee of this congressional 
district both times being for Hon. E. F. Acheson. One of these times was 
after he came to Fayette County and before this congressionl district was 
changed. He was also a member of the senatorial committee during the 
Hawkins- White contest which restilted in both men running and ultimately 
in the election of Dunlap, a Democrat. 

W^hen Mr. Fisher came to Fayette County he at once joined the local 
political forces and continued his activity to such an extent that four years 
after he landed here he was chosen councilman and has served continuously 
since then imtil he was elected burgess, which office he still holds. For the 
past eight years he has l)een a member of the Fayette County central 
committee and stands high in the ranks of his party. 

April 14, 1892, he married Miss Anna Bufiington, daughter of Hon. Jackson 
L. and Elizabeth (Taylor) Buffington, and a sister of O. K. Taylor of the 
National Deposit Bank of Bridgeport. 

To this union there have been born three children, namely. May Elizabeth, 
Florence and William Fisher. 



Harry Kisinger is a son of John W. and Margaret (Lenox) Kisinger and 
was born in Brownsville, June 11, 1S66. He received his education in the 
Brownsville schools and after lea\-ing school started in the livery business at 
which he has been engaged continuously since then. 



W. A. Edmiston — C. L. vSnowdon 269 



Mr. Kisinger has fen" the past tweU'c of thirlccn years Ijeen a member of the 
l)orough council of Brownsville and most of that time has been president of 
that body. He is also at present a member of the board of education, where 
he has serx'ed for nearly se\'en years. He is also a director of the Monongahela 
National Bank. 

Mr. Kisinger is just comj)leting one of the finest and most c()m])lete liverv 
staVjles in this ]3art of the State. It is one story in front and three stories in 
tlie rear. The to|.) story which is \evv\ with Market Street, is used for a 
carriage depository and waiting rooms, while the horses are kept below, an 
incline leading to the lower stories. The feed is dropped directly into bins 
from the top floor. The arrangement is perfect and from balconies in the 
rear of the top and the next story below, a grand view of the Monongahela 
rix'er may Ijc had for miles up and down the river. 

May 1. IcSyO, Mr. Kisinger married Miss Annie Wright, daughter of Ben- 
jamin and Margaret (Chalfant) Wright of Greene County. Mrs. Kisinger 
died in 1S07, leaving besides her husband, two children, Arlie and Lilian. 



William A. Edmiston, a son of Samuel and Margaret (Bryce) Edmiston, 
was born at Brownsville, Pa., December 23, 1840 and received his education 
iii the public schools of that town. On leaving school he commenced clerking 
in the store of John Wallace & Co., and continued clerking in different stores 
till 18G6 when he secured the position of second clerk on one of the steamboats 
of the Geneva Packet Co. He continued in the employ of this company for 
sixteen years with the exception of the years 1871-2 when he was engaged 
in the dry goods business in Brownsville. , L']) until 1S7S he served as first 
and second clerk and from that time t;ntil 1SS2 as captain of the "Germania." 
plying between Pittsburg and Geneva. 

In 1882, Mr. Edmiston was elected teller of the Monongahela bank and in 
1888 cashier, which latter position he still holds. He has served several years 
as clerk of the town council and also as treasurer of the Ijorough. Mr. 
Edmiston has also served as a member of the board of edr;cation, being chosen 
secretary of that body, which jaosition he filled most of the time he was a 
member of the board. In 1893 he was elected president of the school board 
which office he still continues. 

In 18()9he was married to Miss Virginia Beacom, daughter of Rev. L. R. 
Beacom of the Methodist Episcopal chtirch. They have four children, 
Clarence B., Bessie V., William B., and Helen M. 

Mr. Edmiston is a staunch though conservative Re])ubHcan and has ever 
taken an active interest in ])olitical and other pultlic matters that in any 
wav concerned the welfare of the communitv in which he li\-es. 



Cii.\RLEs L. Sxowoox is the son of John X. and Eliza J. (McSherry) 
Snowdon, and was born June 2.1, IH'A. in Bro\vns\ille, Pa., where he 
received his education and whci-e he has since resided and been actively 
c-ngaged in business. He clerked for a time in ditt'erent stores and from 1 873 to 
1877 was teller in the Dollar Savings Bank of Bridgeport, now the National 



270 A. A. Carmack — W. h. Lenhart 

Deposit Bank. '\'hv following three years he was elerk on the steamer 
"Geneva," of the Brownsville and Geneva Paeket Com])any. tliat ])lied be- 
tween Brownsville and Pittsburg. 

Leaving the river, he became interested in the Emj^ire Coal Works of 
Cunningham and Co., whieh. after a number of ehanges, in 1-882 became the 
firm of C. L. Snowdon &- Co. In 1SS2 Mr. Snowdon also opened the Oro 
Coal Works opposite the old glass works on Water Street, Bro\vns\-ille, Pa. 
In 1885 he formed a partnership with Frank T. Hogg and they ojienrd the 
All)any mine one mile down the river from Brownsville. 'i"he firm also 
manufactures coke of an excellent quality. 

On the 2()th day of June, 1S7U, he married Miss Elizabeth Hogg, daughter 
of (jeorge E. Hogg of Brownsxille. They have fotir children, nameh', 
Eliza. George Hogg, Caroline MeChng, and I'elix Brunot. He has served a 
number of terms as borough councilman and also as a meml)er of the l)oard 
of edvication. 

Am.\ki.\h a. Car.m.^ck is a son of Aliraham and Susanna (\\'ickham) Car- 
mack, and was born in Monongahela City, March lo, ISoO. He recei\ed his 
education in the Monongahela City ])uljlic schools which he attended till he 
was about fifteen years old. He then commenced clerking on a steamboat 
that plied between Brownsville and Pittsburg, for his brother, Capt. Z. W. 
Carmack. He followed the river for about three years when he w-ent to Pitts- 
burg and secured a position as traveling salesman for Hertzog Bros., re- 
maining with them about five years. He next accepted a position as 
traveling salesman for the firm of Joel J. Bailey & Co., Philadelphia, with 
whom he remained seven and a half years. He then established a dry goods 
store in Bro\vns\ille which he conducted with gratifying success for twenty- 
two years. 

Mr. Carmack served as a director of the Second National Bank for nine 
years and is at present a director of the Monongahela National Bank. He is 
also a director of several other institutions. He is a member of the Browns- 
ville council, now serving his fourth term. He holds several offices in the 
Presbyterian church of which he is an active meinber, and stands high in the 
community where he has spent most of his life. Mr. Carmack is also widely 
known and highly esteemed in Masonic circles being a 32d degree Mason. 

Mr. Carmack has been married three times. His first wife was a daughter 
of Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Wood of Brownsville, Pa., his second wife was a daughter 
of Mr. and Mrs. Ivins Finlcy of Belle Vernon, Pa., and his third wife is a 
daughter of Captain and Mrs. W. S. Craft of Merrittstown. I'a. Mr. Car- 
mack has five children, two sons and three datighters. They are Alkn B. of 
Pittsburg; William Graham, at home; Myrtle R. and Lucy S. \'. at home; 
Mary E., now the wife of Burnie Mason of Bridgeport. 



Wm. L. Lenhart w'as born in Brownsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, 
in 1868 and is a son of Geo. W. and Sarah (Charlton) Lenhart. He received 
his early education in the borough schools subsecjuently attending LaFayette 
College where he graduated with the class of 1889. 



Geo. C. Steele — B. F. Hibbs 271 

Politically, Mr. Lcnhart is a Democrat thoiisjjh he- has ncvc'r sought iiolitical 
])refernient. However his friends have twice elected him memljcr of the 
board of education of Brownsville and he is now a justice of the peace. 

In ISUl Mr. Lenhart married Miss Ann Jacobs, daughter of [ohn X. and 
Sarah (Colvin) Jacobs of Brownsville. To them ha\-c been born live children, 
Sara McD., Ann J., Georgia, Wm. Chatland, and John J. 

Since the death of his grandfather, Wm. Chatland. Mr. Lenhart has had 
entire charge of the manufacture of the famous Brownsx'ille water crackers, 
and it was he who conceived the idea of having the word "Browns\-ille" 
moulded into the Crackers, 

George Coxwell Steele is a son of Samuel and Elizabeth (ConwcU) vSteele 
(see sketch of Wm. C.Steele). He was born February 2S, lSfi5, in Browns- 
ville, Pa., and was educated in the jiublic schools. In May, 1887, he opened a 
meat market in Browns\'ille, which hv sold in September of the same year, 
after which he engaged as clerk for A. A. Carmack, dry goods merchant. 
He continued clerking until 1895, when he bought a half interest in the- litisi- 
ncss. In 1898, he sold his interest to Mr. Carmack, bought a half interest m 
a furniture store, with Mr. Ross, which business is still continuecl under the 
name of J. T. Ross. Mr. Steele is quite prominent among the Odd Fellows, 
is a Re])ul)lican, and has been twice elected councilman in Brownsville. 
He is a tyjie of the genial, wide-awake, hustling young business man; 
who is a credit to any city. He is at present tax collector, and Secretary 
and Treasurer of the P^hvood Gas and Oil Comi)anv. 



John How.\ru Sxowdon is a son of John N. and Miss |. (Bowman) 
Snowdon, and was born in Brownsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, 
February 20, 1858. He received his education in the schools of Brownsville 
and shortly after leaving school commenced to clerk in the stfire of Adam 
Jacobs. He afterwards also clerked in the dry goods store of |ohn Nichols. 
In 1877 he went into the post office as assistant to his father who had been 
appointed postmaster iinder President Hayes, and remained during his 
father's term. In 1881 he established a retail coal office in Brownsville, 
which he continued to operate until 1889. He then closed the coal office 
and accepted the position of bookkeeper for the Pacific Coal Company of 
Pittsburg. He remained there till 1892 when he returned to Brownsville 
and for a number of years was with Snowdon, Gould & Co., and the Browns- 
ville Water Company as bookkeeper. He is at present engaged in the real 
estate and insurance business. 

June 17, 189(), Mr. Snowdon married Emilie L. Taylor, daughter of O. K. 
and Carrie (Moore) Taylor. Though an acti\-e worker in the Repul)lican 
ranks, Mr. Snowdon has never aspired to office. Notwithstanding this he 
was elected auditor of the borough of Brownsville and still holds that i)osition. 

Bexj.\mi.\ Fr.wki.ix Hibbs, one of Brownsville's most active and inlluen- 
tial citizens, is a son of Aaron J. and Margaret Ann (Weltner) Hibbs and was 
born in Redstone Tow-nshi]i, Fayette County, Pa., January 18, 18()8. He 



272 W. A. Griffin — E. T. Brasliear 



received his early education in the common schools (jf Redstone Township 
and in the California, Pa., Normal College. 

Mr. Hibbs spent his early days on his father's farm but (jf late years has 
been and is still an extensive dealer in coal and coal lands. He owns and 
operates the coal works known as the Dunlaps Creek Coal Company and is a 
heavy stockholder in the Wheeling Coal and Coke Company, being a director 
in the latter comjiany. He is now ser\-ing his second term as a member of 
tile Brownsville boi-cntgh coimcil and was this sjiring elected a member of 
the board of education of that borough. 

Mr. Hibbs married Miss Annie B. Smitli. daughter of Andrew J. and 
Margaret (Waggoner) Smith. They have six children namely, Delia B., 
Margaret S., Geneveve C, Sylva C, Benjamin K. and Millie E. 



Wii.i..\Ru Atkinson Grifkin is the son of M. S. and Emma C. (Minehart) 
Grifiin and was born in Bridgeport, Fayette County, Pa., July 20, 1876. He 
received his early education in the jiublic schools of Brownsville and at 
Washington and Jefferson College, at Washington, Washington Cotmty, Pa. 

After completing his education at W. & J. College, he entered the dry 
goods business in which he has ever since been engaged and in which he has 
met with that degree ol success that ituariably attends energy, ability and 
close application to business. 

Mr. Griffin is a Democrat and has always been active in his party. In 1902 
he was a candidate for the General Assembly froni Fayette County and while 
he had for his opponent a man of great popularity and wealth, as well as 
lUKiuestioned ability, he was defeated by only 2ol votes. Last spring he 
was elected a member of the Brownsville borough eomieil for a term of three 
years. He is A-ery pojiular with all who know him and is abvays in the front 
ranks of those who seek to promote th'- interests of the community in which 
they live. 

Aitgust 15, 1900, he married Miss Sara M. Sloan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 
Phil Sloan, of Brownsville. 



I'>i)C..\R T. Bk.\siik.\r was Ijorn January 0, ISTO, in Redstone Township, 
Fayette Coimtv, Ohio, and is the son of Otho R. and Elizabeth (Davidson) 
Brashear. He received his early education in the schools of the township 
and -n the Browns\-ille high school. He afterwards attended the California, 
Pa., normal and took a covu-se in the Redstone Academy at Uniontown. 

Mr. Brashear remained on the farm until he was eighteen years old and 
afterwards taught school two terms in his native township. He then moved 
to Brownsville and commenced clerking and bookkeeping. He was appointed 
notarv ])ublic in the spring of 1902 and mi the first of September, 1903, 
entered into the real estate business at which he is still engaged. 

He was tax collector from 1900 to 1903, and was elected a member of 
cotincil in the spring of 1903 which position he still holds. He once served as 
clerk of council for four years. 

January 24, 1895 Mr. Brashear married Miss Margaret, dattghter of Isaac L. 
and Nancv Burd. Thev have two children, Donald E. and E. Maurice. 



Chas. W. Coulter— C. W. Gregg 273 



James F. Collier is a son of Marchant and Hannah (Huslead) Collier and 
was born in Georges townshij), F'aycttc Cotmty, I'cnnsyK'ania, Octolx'r 20, 
1S71. He received his education in the common schools, in Smithlield High 
School and in the West Virginia University at Morgantown, W. Va. 

Mr. Collier was raised on the farm but later learned the jjlumbing business 
and has folUnvt-d it prinei])ally since ISilli. He is als(j a general contractor for 
street paving, sewering, excavating and the like. He has been auditor tind 
councilman of Brownsville two terms each and was again elected councilman 
of the borough last spring for a term of one year. 

In January, 1890, Mr. Collier was married to Miss H. Ellen Steele, a 
daughter of Samuel S. and Elizabeth (Conwell) Steele of Brownsville. 

Ch.\rles \V. Col i.tkr, the son of John H. and Mary E. (Smith) Coulter, 
was born in Brownsville, Fayette County, Pa., August 8, 1870, and received 
his education in the puljlic schools of that town. After leaving school he 
clerked in his father's hardware store till 1898 when he accepted the position 
of inmser on one of the boats of the Pittsbtu-g and Morgantown line of packets, 
which position he held till 1901 when he entered into i)artnership with his 
father and has ever since been engaged in the hardware Imsiness, meeting 
with gratifying success. He is a Republican in polities but has never aspired 
to office though he is now serving his third term as clerk of the borough 
council. 

June 21, 189o, Mr. Coulter married Miss Mary B. Cline and to this union 
there have been born two children, Margaret and Carolvn. Mr. Cotilter is 
a young man of superior business tact and an enter])rising ciiizen and is highlv 
esteenred bv all who know him. 



Charles Walter Gregg was born in West Brownsville. Washington 
County. Pennsylvania, August 17, 1860. and received his education in the 
common schools of that borough and in the Califoi-nia Normal. He is a son 
of William K. and Mary Ellen (Nieholls) Gregg. Mr. Gregg followed carpen- 
tering till 1880 since which time he has been engaged in the mercantile 
business. He is a Democrat and has served as burgess and councilman. He 
was elected a school director last spring. 

In 1883, Mr. Gregg married Miss Jennie M. Patton, daughter of John 
and Annie Adelia (Brown) Patt(5n of West Brownsville, Pa. To them ha\-e 
been born eight children, Harry C., Ella B., Robert A., Marie C, Flint Mc. 
Jean, John W.. and Charles W .. the last two named having died in infanev. 

Chart.ks W. Bow.max, till- subject of this sketch, is a son of Nelson B. and 
Elizabeth I. (Dunn) Bowman. He was born where he now resides, in Nema- 
colin Castle, Brownsville, Seiitember 19, 18G7. He was educated at Trinitv 
College, Hartford, Conn., from which he graduated in 1887. After this 
period he took a course in architecture, at Columbia College, New York. 
After his return from college he spent three years with D. Knox Miller, in 
Pittsburg, as architect. Since his service with D. K. Miller he has resided in 
his nati\'e town. 



274 Dr. C. C. Reichard — Dr. L. N. Reichard 

On iuiu' oO, lS'.)7,hc married Miss Lclic CoUiii jacolis. daughter of the late 
jolm X. and Sarah Jacobs, and graiidaut^diter of ilir late Adam Jacobs. 

Mrs. L. C. Bowman is a native of Brownsville Mr. and Mrs. Bowman have 
one child. Nelson Blair Bowman. Charles W. Bowman has been vestryman 
of Christ Church for a number of years. He is a very ])leasing young man 
and inherits the hospitable ciualities of his forefathers. 

Mr Bowman has served as burgess of Brownsville and is at present justice 
of the ])eaec. He is a Republican V)ut never as])ired to ofBce, thovigh his 
pojiularitv would readily i-arry him to high ]>ul>lic oflice. 

Dr. CvRis Ci..\v Rku'ii.\rd was born at Ringgold's Manor, near Hagers- 
town, Md., November 0. 1.S44. and received his early education at Hagcrs- 
town. In 1807 he entered the Chicago Medical College, the medical dcpart- 
miMit of the Northwestern L"ni\-ersity, and graduated in ISTO- He located 
near Des Moines, Iowa, where he remained two years. He then removed to 
Monongahela City, Pa., remaining there three years, and coming to Browns- 
ville in IST."). where he still remains in active ])ractice. 

He was married in 1S71 to Mary L. Woodward (l)orn Jaunary 12, 1,S,")()) 
daughter of Capt. Isaac C. and Maria (Brashear) Woodward. 

To Dr. Reichard and wife five children have Ijcen born: Anna M., 
married S. B. Chalfant; Nellie W.; Dr. Lewis N., a graduate of the College 
of Phvsicians and Surgeons, Baltimore, class of 1S99 and ])racticingat Browns- 
vilU". Mary K., and Isaac Woodward Reichard. 

The Doctor is a member of the Fayette County Medical Society, having 
served as president; also is a member of the State Medical Societ>' and 
American Medical Association. He served as surgeon-in-chief of the Tenth 
Pennsylvania Regiment for hve years, and the Pittsburg riots of 1 S77 occurred 
during his term of service. He is at ])resent iiresident of the board of 
health of Brownsville. 

Dr. Lewis Nv.m.\.\ Rkicuard, is a son of Cyrus C. and Mary (Woodward) 
Reichard, and was l)orn in Browns\-ille, Pennsyl\-ania, May 12, 1.S77. He 
was educated in the Brownsville public schools, in the Uni\-ersity of West 
Virginia, and in the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Baltimore, Md., 
graduating from the latter when he was only abovit twenty-one years old. 

In 1<S()() Dr. Reichard commenced the practice of medicine in Brownsville 
ha\ing his of^ce with his father Dr C. C. Reichard. 

I)r, Lewis N. Reichard is a young man of exceptional al)ility, is ])o])ular 
and has alreadv built nj) a large and lucrative practice. He is at ])resent 
serving as secretary of the board of health of Brownsville. 



Ai.vix C. Patterson, the present t^iScient chief of police of Brownsville, 
was born at Buena Vista, Elizabeth Township, Allegheny County, Pennsyl- 
vania, May IS, 1864. He is a son of Wm. E. and Arthusa A. Patterson. He 
attended the common schools of his native town until he was fifteen years of 
age when he went to Irwin and attended the high school ;it that place for one 
j^ear. 



J. T. Ross— F. M. (xadd 



He has l)ccn a detective and police officer almost continuously since 1<S89 
and has run down many noted criminals and landed them in the penitentiary, 
and in fact his nann' lias become a terror to e\-il doers along the Monongahela 
Valley. 

January 10, lSi)."i, he married Miss Ahneada Thomjjson, a daughter of John 
L. 'rhom])son at \e\v Castle, IVnnsvlvania. and to this union \\'ere born two 
children, Howard R. and Almeada. 

Mr. Patterson has been chief of ])oilce in Brownsville for the past four 
years and has had Init little trouble in controlling the rough eleiuent that 
came to Brownsville with the advent of the P. & L. E. and the Monongahela 
railroads. While he is stern and unyielding in the discharge of his duty 
he is affable and courtccnis to those whose dejjortment merit courtesy. 

J. T Ross is a son of Thos. B. and Elizabeth (Bailey) Ross and was Ixirn 
at Carmichael, Greene County, Pennsylvania, September 24, lS(il. He 
received his early education in the schools of that village and in Clarks\-ille 
and Greensburg. 

After completing his education, Mr. Ross learned the cabinetmaking trade 
and then embarked in the furniture and imdertaking business at which he 
had V)een engaged most of the time since. After selling out his business in 
Greene County, he tra\-eled for some time for the furniture and rmdertaking 
firm of Thompson & Co., of Pittsburg and for the McKeesport Casket Co., 
and was also for a short time engaged as a contracting carpenter and builder 
in Philadelphia. 

In 189(i he came to Brownsville and entered into a jiartershi]) with Geo. C. 
Steele under the firm name of Steele &' Ross. In U)()2 he bought out Mr. 
Steele and has since then conducted the btisiness alone. He now occupies 
an elegant Vjuilding, just completed, which he Iniilt ex])ressly for the 
furniture business. It is of gray brick trimmed with cut stone, three 
stories in front and fi\'e in the rear, and is a model of elegance and con\-enienee. 
In the sub-basement in the rear he has fitted up one of the finest and most 
convenient and sanitary morgues that one can find anywhere. The floors 
and walls are ceinented and the ceiling is covered with white enami"led iron. 
He also has one of the finest ambulances in this part of the country. 

Mr. Ross was a meml>er of the borough cotmcil for some time and is at 
present a member of the board of health. He is also serving his sixth year 
as deputy coroner of Fayette County. 

In 1SS3 Mr. Ross married Miss Martha Pogue, a daughter of W . L. and 
Emma (Moudy) Pogue of Jefferson, Greene County. They have three 
children. Homer J., Fannie and Hazel Ross. 

Fr.-wk M. G.\ui) of Brownsville, was born in Heistersburg. Favette Coitntv, 
Pennsylvania, July 21, 1S74 and is a son of Stephen I. and Mary A. (Ridge) 
Gadd. When he was quite young his parents moved to Merrittstown where 
they resided till he was fifteen years of age and where he received his early 
education in the old academy that is famous for the men of mark who laid 
the foiindation of future greatness within its walls. 



276 Chas. H. vStorey — Joseph (".rafinger 

Mr. Gadd learned the trade of blacksmith and horseshoer under his father 
and is one of the most expert horscshoers in this part of the State. They 
conducted the business in Sandy Hollow for about fifteen years when they 
came to Brownsville where Frank now conducts a good business, his father 
having been compelled to quit the business on account of old age, he now 
being over SO years of age while his wife is past 72, her mother having recently 
died at the ripe old age of 94. 

Mr. Gadd has an excellent business and dviring the winter season when it 
is icy often drives as high as a hundred shoes a day. Five years ago Mr. Gadd 
was chosen as a juryman in the United States court at Pittsburg, being then 
only 24 years old and the youngest man that up to that time who had served 
on such a jurv. He is a staunch Democrat and last year was a delegate to the 
State convention at Harrisburg, and was selected as member of the coinmittee 
on resolutions. 

October 2, 1902, Mr. Gadd married Miss Bessie L. West, a daughter of 
Frank and Priscilla (McLain) West, her father V)eing projirietor of the cooper 
shop near the Hamburger distillery. Mrs. Frank M. Gadd is a member of the 
First Methodist Episcopal church and has for several years been leader 
of the choir. Mr. Gadd is also at ])resent a member of the school board of 
Brownsville. 

Chas. H. Storey is a son of Capt. Matthew and htlia E. (Baker) Storey, 
and was born in Bridgeport, Pennsylvania, Afiril 2o, lS7o. He was 
educated in the Brownsville public schools, graduating with the class of 1891. 

After quitting school, Mr. Storey learned the trade of glass cutter at the 
Brownsville factory where he continued to work for two years. He then 
si)ent one year in Philadelphia, two years at Latrobe, and two years at Browns- 
ville to which point he had returned. He then became jjroprietor of the 
Brunswick Billiard and Pool Parlors in which business he eontintied till the 
Connellsville Central-railroad bought the ]>roperty up in securing right of way. 
He then sold out and the building was demolished. Since that time he has 
been in the hotel business with his father, running the old and ])opular Storey 
Hovtse. He was elected last spring as a school director. 

November 25, 1903, Mr. Storey married Miss Elizabeth Cox, a daughter of 
Edward and Margaret Cox, of Brownsville. Tlicy reside at the Storey House. 

losKiMi Grafixger was born in Belle Vernon, Fayette County, Pa., July 
5, 1(S77, and is a son of Loviis and Elizabeth (Reider) Grafinger. He was 
educated in the schools of Belle Vernon and Brownsville, and worked for 
some time in the Brownsville Cli])])er ofliee. He then went into the drug 
store of H. W. Robinson atid commenced studying for a druggist. He 
continued there till 1901 when he accepted a position with the Pennsylvania 
railroad as car tracer. He was next a clerk in the auditor's ofticc of the same 
road, and is now clerk in the ear rec-ord oliice of the Monongahela railroad 
at Brownsville. 

Last February he was elected auditor of the borough of Browns\-ille for a 
term of three vears. 



J. A. Huston — Kdw. vS. DeLaney 277 

J urn- 1'.), 1902, Mr. Orafmsjcr married Miss Florence L. Coulter, a dau.<i;hter 
of joim and Mary (Smith) Coulter of Brownsville. They have one child, 
Earnest, 

Dr. Josefu a. Hust<in who has ])ractieed (U'ntistr\- here for the ])ast 
iwenty-tive years (irst with Dr. J. M. Abrams. and since then by himself, is 
one of the oldest and best known dentists in this part of the county. He is a 
son 'of John and Eliza (McCreadt) Huston and was Ijorn in Petersburg, Ohio. 
February S. IS.IO. He received his early ecktcation in the common schools 
of Ohio and in Richmond CoUeye and Harlem Springs College, Ohio. 

Dr. Huston has ne\'er as]iired to public office though he is now a member 
of the school board of Br<n\ns\-il]e and is always interested in the ad\'ancc- 
mcnt of the community in which he lives. He is also a mcmljcr of the 
Health Board. 

August 2o. 1.SN8, Dr. Huston married Miss Elizabeth Fishburn, at Wa.sh- 
ington. Pa. She is a daughter of William C. and Jane Elizabeth (Entrikin) 
Fishburn. To this union there has lu'cn born three children. Holmes. 
McCrcadv and Smith Huston. 



Edw.\ri:) S. DeL.wev was born in BridgcjKjrt, Fayette County, Pennsyl- 
\'ania, Octol:)er 10, ISdd, and was- educated in the ])vil)lic schools of the borough. 
He is a son of Daniel and Bathiah (Redman) DeLaney, and is at ])resent serv- 
ing his fourteenth year as assistant i)ostmaster in BiMwnsville, 

Mr. DeLaney is a Republican and has been honored a numlier of times 
with municijial offices by his fellow-townsmen. He has served as school 
director and has been one of the auditors for the past five years, and 
assessor from 1901 to 1004. 

In lS'.)."i Mr. DeLaney married Miss Ella W. Moorhouse, daughter of 
Roberr P. and Dora (Johnson) Moorhouse of Brownsville, and to them 
ha\-e iK'cn l)orn two children. Kathryn K. and Robert P. 

WiLLi.\M Gr.\h.\m AcKLiN is a son of Charles P. and Sarah (Graham) 
Acklin, and was born in Brownsville, April 1 1, 1870. He was educated in the 
Brownsville and Pittsburg schools and is now engaged in the bakery business 
with his father. He is also a member of the school board of Brownsville. 

Alexander L.\bi\ was born in Sunderland, Flngland, March IS, ISoS, and 
is the son of John and Ann (Tenent) Labin. He was edticated in the common 
schools of England and then went to work in the coal mines of that country 
where he continued till September 19. IK.Sl, when he canu- to this countiy. 
He hrst settled at Danville, Montour County, Pa., and worked in the blast 
furnaces. He did not remain there long, however, but moved to Snow Shoe, 
Center Cotmty. Pa., where he remained working in the mines till 1880 when 
he went to Philij)sl)urg. same county, and continued in the mines till Inly 
of that year. He then came to Dunbar, Fayette County, where he was 
employed in the mines for about two months when he moA'cd onto the farm 
of Richard Braithwaitc near Brownsville and commenced gardcnin''. He 



278 Robert Johnson — Frank Gablcr 



followed this for two years and then came t<» Brownsville to live and retnrned 
to work in the mines. 

In ISDN, Mr. kahin was elected a member (if the council of Brownsville for 
tine vear and tilled the jiostion with credit to liimself and satisfaction to his 
eonsliluents. lie is now a member of the ])olice force and also health and 
truant officer. 

October 24, bSS;;, he married Miss jeannett Howie, dauj^diter of Robert 
and Mary (Pope) Howie of Snow Shoe. TIh'V lia\-e eight children living and 
two dead. The names of the living are, John, Robert, Mary, Matthew, 
Alexander, 'rhom;is Lewis, James, George Poundstone. 

RoBKRT lonxsoN of Brownsville is a son of (). M. and Elizabeth (Smith) 
[ohnson, and was born here Oetolier 7. is:;!). lie rt'cei\-ed his education in 
till- public schools of his nati\-e liomugh and for a numbi'r of years after 
leaving school he followed steamboating, being an engineer. From 1S(54 to 
18S4 he was engaged in the lumber business jmrt of the time with his father 
and jiart of the time by himself. After this he again engaged as engineer 
on the river liut later took a jiosition with the Home Natural Gas Co. where 
he remained for five years. Mr. Johnson next took the [losition of engineer for 
the Browns\-ille Water Co., continuing with them till the lirst of November, 
1903, when he resigned. In Ajiril of this year lie was elected street commis- 
sioner of Brownsville. 

December '2'2, IS.)',), Mr. |ohnson married Miss Elma \'irginia Gaskill, 
daughter of Albert and Sarah (Jacobs) Gaskill. To this iniion there have 
been born six children, Monroe B., Mary, now the wife of Robert Gillis; 
residing at Latrol)e; Olive, now the wit'e of John McCornntk. residing at 
Beaver Falls; Ida. now Mrs. John M. Meese of Brownsville Township: Charles 
S. of Belle X'crnon, and Robert 1). of Bridge])ort. 



I'r.xxk Gabler is a son of P. E. and Ellen M. (Sowers) Gablcr, atid was 
born in Brownsville, Pennsylvania, July 1 1. 1S(14 He received his education 
in the Brownsville schools and has li\cd all his lift' in his natixi- town where 
he enjoys the esteem and confKlt'nce of all who know him. 

Mr. GabU'r is a blacksnnth and pi]ie lit Icr by trade, and is at ])r(.sent a mem- 
l)cr of the board of education of Brownsx'ille. 

Mr. tiabler married Miss Eva M. Burd. daughter f)f 1. L. and Nancy J. 
(Fitzgerald) Burd, at Uniontown, i'cnnsyhania. Tiny have two sons, 
Raymond B. (jabler and Harold S. Gabler. 

TnoM.\s C. Worcester, now a nu'nibcr of tlie jioliee force ot Browns\ille, 
was born March <.l. 1S7S. in Bridgeport. I'ayeUi' County. Pennsylvania, and 
was educated in \hc jiublic schools of his natix'e town. He is a son of Samuel 
and Hettie (Potts) Worcester, and has si>ent most of his life in the borough 
whi-re he was born. 

After leaving school, he connnenced working in the glass factories where 
he continued oflf and on, till the works closed or were run so irregular that it 
was necessary to seek other em]iloyment. 



History of Bridgeport 



Reese Cadwallader Founder of Bridgeport — First Borough Officials 
— Present Borough Officials with Biographical Sketche — The 
Old Market House, Warehouse and Wharf — Bridgeport Improve- 
ment Society — Reading Circle — Bridgeport's Public Fountain — 
The Old Red Pump — Bridgeport Cemetery — Other Pictures 
AND Reminiscences. 

Reese Cadwallader bought the land where Bridgeport now stands, in 17<S;-> 
and laid out the town in IT'.U. The land had previously been held by different 
parties, hrst ha\"ing been ])reempted or taken u\) by Capt. Lemuel Barrett 
and Angus McDonald imder a military permit, l)ut it seems they ne\-er had a 
title to it. 

WHE\ INCORPORATED. 

After passing through several hands, Mr. Cadwallader bought it and laid 
out the town as before stated, in 1794. The town was incorporated by an 
Act of Assembly approved March 9, IS] 4. The election of officers for the 
borough, it seems, was not held, howex-er, till May of the next year, at 
which time the foll<iw' ng officers were elected: 

FIRST BOROUGH OFFICIALS. 

Samuel Jones, burgess; John Coek, Joseph Truman, Enos Grave, Morris 
Truman, John Bently, and William Cock, councilmen. Bridgeport Town- 
ship was formed in ISlo. Samuel Jones was the lirst justice of the peace for 
Bridgeport Township and borough of which there is any record and he was 
ai)pointed Februiary 17, 1S17. Justices were regtilarly appointed after this 
imtil 1840 when Albert G. Booth and Jaines Truman were elected. 

PRESENT BOROUGH OFFICIALS. 

Burgess: T. A. Jefferies. 

Council: W. \\ Winans, Pn-sident; Harry Marshall, Geo. M. Ratlnnell. 
Jas. I. Thornton. A. M. Sargent, O. K. Martin, B. R. A. Tilghman. 

Secretary: Edwin P. Couse. 

School Directors: Geo. L. .Moore, Pres.: Daniel H. Pearsall, Geo. L. 
Stewart, U. F. Higginbotham, Alex. Lockhart, R. R. Bulger. Jas. H. Gray, 
Sec'y: Caleb J. Miller, Jas. Hcrbcrtson, Wm. Levy, Rev. Richard H. Bumry. 

Borough Treasurer: National Deposit Bank. 



280 The Old Market House 



Assessor; L. C. Waggoner, retiring; Win. DeLaney, elect. 

Auditors: Henry Mossett, Jas. Herbertson, Robert Buffington. 

Tax Collector: Eli Cope. 

Policemen: Eli Cope, chief. 

Constable: John Thom])son. 

Street Commissioner: j. S. Lindy. 

J rsTicEs OF THE Peace: David M. Hart, retiring; Edw. L. Moorehouse, 
C. T. Baldwin, elect. 

Hoard of Health: Henry Kaslman, M. D., Pres.; Alfred C. Sniilli, M. D., 
Sec.; Geo. L. Moore, Geo. S. Ht'rberison. Alc.\. Lockhart. 

THE OLD MARKKT HOUSE. 

Long l_)eforc' Bridgejjort became a V)oroiigh. il had a market hotise which 
stood where the public park or grass plat nciw is. Its existence is evidenced 
by the fact that on the 22d day of July, 1S14, the same month in which the 
town was incorporated, an ordinance was passed declaring "that from and after 
the first day of the ninth month next a market shall be established and held 
in the market house of this borough, and on the fourth and seventh days 
of each week, and from daylight imtil nine o'clock a. m.. on each of the 
said davs in the first, second, third, tenth and ele\-i'nth and twelfth months, 
and froin daylight until eight o'clock a. m., on each of said days in the fourth 
fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth months." An addition was after- 
wards bviilt to this market house. In 1,S2'.) the old inarket house was sold 
to D. H. Chalfant for ten dollars twelve and one-half cents. In the fall 
of 1S32 it appears that a new markt't hoiiSL' had been built. Its dimensions 
are given as ()2 ft. (i in. by ;!() ft. The main ])art of this building was after- 
wards occupied as a town hall and coimcil chamber. It was burned some 
years later. 

THE WAREHOUSE .WD WIT.XRF. 

A jiart of the ])ul)lic ground was rented to Israel Gregg, in ISb"). for a term 
of ten years, on whicli he erected a wari'liouse 50x20 feet, one and a half 
stories high. It was stipulated that this building shotild revert to the borough 
at the end of ten years which it did. It was then rented to dilTerent ])arties 
till IS +4 when it was sold and remoxed and a wharf was built on the 
site. The wharf was Iniilt in 1 S4r) l)y Henry Marshall at a cost of $0(53.54. 
In August of that year the borough council fixed the first rate for wharfage 
of steamboats. The rate was $1.00 per trip and 50c per day when lying 
over in a navigable stage of the river, and $5.00 pc^r month in winter. Keel 
boats were charged 25e per landing or the same ]5er day. 

THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. 

On the 20th of November, 1S42. the council of Bridge])ort, in accordance 
with "the will of the ])eo])le, expressed at a town meeting called for the 



Bridgeport Iniprovenient Society 



281 




old falling Rucks. Bridyeport. Kclltr &. Crossaii, Contractors, tore all 
of these rocks down with one massive blast 



purpose," subscribed one hundred dollars for the purchase of a tire engine 
for the use of the borough. Afterwards the sum of two hundred and tifty 
dollars was subscribed by the citizens, when, as one hundred dollars more 
was necessary, that additional amount was subscribed by the council. 
An engine was then built for the Vjorough by Faull & Herbertson, and 
a company was raised and organized to take charge of and work it. The 
subseciuent history of Bridgeport with regard to the extinguishment of fires 
has' been the same as that of Brownsville. Fire companies have l)een 
raised from time to time, and have as often gone down and disbanded, and 
at the present tiiue Bridgeport, like Brownsville, is without a fire depart- 
ment or any effective lueans of ])reventing serious disaster to the borough 
from the ravages of fire. 

BRIDGEPORT IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY. 



For some time prior to ISOo a sentiment had prex'ailed among the most 
active and progressive ]jeo])le of Bridgejiort in favor of a regularly organized 
society, the object of which should be to impro\'e and beautify the town, 
but no definite action was taken until A])ril. IS*)."). 



'28-2 l-'irst Meeting 

FIRST MKHTIXC. 

On the ".Uli ilay nf April, IS'.Ki, there was a meeting held at tin- home of 
.Mrs. A. L. Duncan with a view to jierfecting an organization. There were 
present at this meeting, Rev. \\'. C. Davis, Mr. and Mrs. Holmes Patton, 
Mrs. H. L. Fishhnrn, Mrs. Frank Culbertson, Roland C. Rogers, Mrs. A. L. 
Dunean. C. K. Porter and Miss Irene Par. Roland C. Rogers was made 
president of this meeting and Miss Irene Bar secretary. The objects of the 
meeting were then discussed and the laws governing the IinpnAement Society 
of Lewistown, Pennsylvania, an organization similar to the one ]>roposed. 
was read by Mr. Rogers, and informally disc\issed. Rohind t'. Rogers, W. 
C. I)a\'is and Mrs. J. Holmes Patton were then selected as a committee of 
three to make arrangements for the next meeting and to nominate candidates 
for the variotis offices of the society, which was to be known as the ■Rridge- 
l^irt Imi)ro\'ement Society." 

SECOND M FETING. 

The next meeting was held at the Cumberland Presbyterian ehureh. July 
2, and was well attended and considerable enthusiasm was manifested. 
Roland C. Rogers, who was chairman of the ])revious meeting and also 
chairman of the committee that had been a]i])ointed at that meeting. o]>cned 
the session by reading the minvites of the previous meeting. Miss Irene 
Bar was selected as secretary pro tem. Rev. W. C. Davis, Rev. H. B. 
Emsworth, E. F. Porter, who was the county superintendent of schools, and 
others, delivered addresses on tln' ]irospects and on the good the society 
could accomplish. Rev. Emsworth in his address jiaying Mr. Rogers a very 
high and deservmg comjdiment for originating and lirst agitating the 
question. 

At this meeting the rules and by-laws of the Lewistown society were adopted 
with such changes as to make them conform to tln' name of Bridgeport, or 
rather it was decided to do this and a committee was appointed to make Uic 
changes and report to the next meeting which it did and the whole was then 
ado])ted. 

The committee on nominations then rejjorted the following; 



FIRST REGULAR ()1"1-1C-ERS. 

President, Roland C. Rogers; Vice Presidents, Re\ . W. C'. Davis and Rev. 
J. G. Patton; Secretary, Miss Irene Bar; Treasurer, Mrs. D. Fred Robinson; 
Executive Committee, R. L. Aubrey. \Vm. H. Herbcrtson, George L. Moore, 
Levi C. Waggoner, Mrs. J. Holmes Patton, Mrs. Win. Cock, Miss C. K. Porter, 
and Mrs. Robert D. Mason. The rei)ort of the committee was accepted 
and the nominees thus became the first officers of the Bridgeport Improve- 
ment Society. 



Improvement of Market House Lot 283 



The next meeting of the society was held at the call of the committee, 
July 11th at the home of Roland C. Rogers. The committee reported the 
following changes in the regulations and by-laws of the Lewistown society: 

Bridgeport Improvement Society instead of I^ewistown. 

Two vice presidents instead of four. 

Ten instead of thirty on exectitive committee. 

Seaborn Crawford and Mrs. U. F. Higinbitham added to the executive 
committee. 

Secretary and treasurer authorized to purchase suitable books for re- 
cording secretary's reports and keeping treasurer's accotmts, the same to 
be paid for out of the society's treasttry. 

Orders to be duly signed by the secretary and treasurer. 

Regular nieetings shall be held the second Thursday of each month. 

Membership fee one dollar per year, instead of obligation for three years. 

Sixteen instead of fourteen years the age limit. 

Annual meeting the second Thursday of each March for the election of 
officers. 

IMPROVEMENT OF MARKET HOUSE LOT. 

The first move toward improvement was a resolution iiitrodticcd at this 
meeting by Rev. Davis to the effect that the first work of the society be to 
im^jrove and beautify Market House Lot. This motion carried and they 
adjourned to meet at the call of the committee on rules and regulations, 
after appointing the following soliciting committee: 

Bessie Wright, Ettie DeLaney, Eva Pearsall, Kittie Krepps, Nell Cock, 
Lizzie Jones, Kate Britton, and Sarah Ghrist. 

For s^mc reason, that is not recorded, there were no meetings after the one 
recorded above, for t^\■o years, or to be exact, till the first day of jtme, 1SU7. 
But, in the meantime, Roland C. Rogers, Seaborn Crawford and Wm. H. 
Herbertson, the committee of three, who had been appointed at the meeting 
of July 11, 1895, it seems, had accomplished the work assigned them, and 
the Market House Lot had been cleared of rubbish and a neat fence built 
around it. This work was finished and from the langtiage of the minutes 
of the meeting of June 1, 1897, it seems that it was done principally through 
the generosity of Roland C. Rogers who was chairman of the committee. 

HISTORY OF THE PUBLIC FOUNTAIN. 

At this meeting, Mr. A. G. Leonard acting as chairman, the following 
officers were elected: Mrs. S. S. Fishburn. president; Miss Irene Bar, 
secretary; Mrs. R. D. Mason, treasurer, with two assistants. Mrs. Howard 
Bulger and Aliss Sarah Ghrist. It was also agreed not to collect dvies for 
the time that had lapsed, bvit to only collect for that year. It was also at 
this meeting that the question of a drinking fountain was taken u]). The 
question as to where to locate the fotuitain, should it be erected, how to 
raise funds for accomplishing the work, and the advisability of asking the 

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History of the I'uljlic I'oinUain 




Rolatul C. Ro.m-TS, Esq. 



borough council to co-operate with the society, were all discussed at some 
length. Several locations were proposed and in fact at a meeting of the 
society held August 12, 1897, a motion prevailed to locate the fountain in 
front of Seaborn Crawford's lawn on High Street, but this was afterwards 
reconsidered and the fountain was finally placed where it still stands. 

At first it was intended to limit the cost of the fountain to l)e y)urchased 
to $200, and the soliciting committees worked to that end. Tlie fund grew 
slowly till it had reached $150, when at a meeting, August 9th, Roland C. 
Rogers proposed that if they would make the fund $350, he would add another 
donation in addition to what he had already given ($25) sufficient to make 
the total fund $500, or in other words he wottld contribute $150 more. No 
immediate action was taken on this proposition, though it was highly ap- 
preciated, for the reason that the society had some doubts about being able 
to raise the diiTerenee between the $155 then in {he treasm-y and the $350 
required. Another condition of Mr. Rogers' contribution was that the 
fotmtain be placed in the vicinity where it now stands. 

In the meantime committees had bei-n appointed to get prices on foun- 
tains and C. L. Siiowdon ])r(.-sident of thi' Bridgejiort Water Co., had agreed 
to furnish water free, and 1o make a liberal contril^ution towards buying the 









J.W.FISKE. N.Y. 



Bridgeport's Public Fountain 
Dedicated Tuesday, November 9, 1897 



286 Dedication of the I-'ouiitain 



fountain. The soliciting committee had been authorized to solicit sub- 
scriptions from other sources than from citizens and to their solicitations 
Capt. Isaac Mason, Samuel S. Bruwn, Phili]) Hambtirger and the Connellsville 
Brewing Co., responded liberally. At a meeting of the society held Septem- 
ber 9, it was found that the fund had reached $200 and then Roland C. 
Rogers again came to the front with a still more liberal proposition and that 
was to the effect thai if the society would raise $50 more he would make his 
first oficv of $150 good provided the committee did not ask council for aid. 
This offer the societ}'' accepted and committees were appointed to proceed 
with the work of bmnng and erecting the fountain, the committee appointed 
to select a design, at a ])revious meeting, having already made their selection 
of a fountain that came within the price, !i*i4()0, which tliey had decided to 
pay. 

DEDICATION OF THE FOUNTAIN. 

Without going into further details it is sufficient to say that on Tuesday, 
November 9, 1897, the fovmtain was dedicated and presented to the borough 
of Bridgeport and its people by appropriate ceremonies originally designed 
to be held at the fountain but which adjourned to the Cumberland Presby- 
terian church owing to a downpottr of rain. The exei"cises were opened at 
the fountain by Rev. J. G. Pattern who after appi'opriate introductory 
remarks suggested the name of Roland G. Rogers as presiding officer of the 
day and he was accordingly unanimously elected. Mr. Rogers o])ened his 
remarks in a downpour of rain when it was thovight best to repair to the 
Cumberland Presbyterian church which had been kindly offered and where 
he continued his address, reviewing the work of the society and the manner 
in which the fountain had been sectired, not forgetting to give the ladies 
of Bridgeport due credit for the active interest they had takt-n in the work. 
Prayer was offered by Rev. W. Scott Bowman followed by the singing of 
"America," led by Prof. E. E. Tombatigh. County Su])erintendent of Schools 
E. F. Porter deliven-d the presentation sjieech, and the gift was received 
l)y W. C. Bar in behalf of the town eoinicil, Rew Rambo, Rev. Chalfant, 
Rev. Bowman and l)y I. L. Smith, who was then ])rineipal of the Bridgeport 
schools. 

The f(juntain stands at the head of Bridge Street where it intersects High 
Street, is 44 inches square at the base, (i feet 2 in'ches high and is mounted 
by a statue of Hel)e 5 feet 4 inches higli making tlK' entire height of the 
fountain IH feet. It is ])rovide(l with a drinking basin for horses and one 
for man while there are two small basins hearer the ground for smaller 
aniiuals. It is made of metal and weighs 2^00 pcjunds. The base is of a 
brownstone color and the statue was originally bronzed. Its total cost, 
in place, was $595, all of which the society -[laid out of its total frmds after 
which it still had a small sum in the treasury. 

PRES1':\T OFFICERS ()1- 1 M i'R()\'i:.M i-:NT SOCIETY. 

At a meeting held Mari-li 1 0, IS'.IS, thi' following officers were elected and 
whom we sup]iose are still the nominal ottieers as the last meeting recorded 



Present Officers of Iniproveiiienl vSociety 



287 




Residence of Daniel H. Pearsall, Bridgeport 



was held May 12, 1S9S at whifh it was decided not to disband lji.it to meet 
again at the call of the president. 

The officers elected at the meeting March Hi, ISDS, Avere Mrs. S. S. 
Fishhurn. president; Seaborn Crawford and George L. Moore, vice presidents; 
Miss Irene Bar, secretary; Mrs. R. D. Mason, treasurer; Thomas Connelly, 
W. H. Ammon, Roland C. Rogers, Mrs. ]. W. Worrell, Mrs. D. Fred Robinson, 
together with the officers already named, executive committee. 

That the Bridgeport Improvement Society has already accomi)lished 
much good for the borough there is ample evidence, and that it will again 
spring into active life and still further beautify the town, there is little doubt. 

THE READING CIRCLE. 



Gn December 1, 1883 severeil ladies met at the Old Manse, the home of 
Solomon G. Krepps, to organize a society for self-culture, something that 
would be within the reach of those who had household cares and yet time 
for reading. They decided to call the society to meet on Monday of each 
wxek at the homes of the meml)ers in al])habetieal order, from se\en to nine 
P, M. 

The ladies to whom the honor is due for this organization, are Mrs. W'm. 
S. Duncan, Mrs. S. Smith Fishburn. Mrs. Isaac M. Mason, Mrs. Solomon G. 



288 The Reading Circle 



Krepps, Mrs. Robert Graham, Mrs. U. S. Grooms, and it certainly is an 
honor to have given such impetus to this circle of readers, that they have met 
each Monday evening for twenty years or more. The sim])licity of its menage 
of the Circle is the secret of its success. 

They began with the Honie College Series, a set of one hundred small 
books including history, art, science, biography, literature, etc. The study 
of these books covered a period of two years. Then came the Abbott Series. 

In 1887 the class commenced with the current Chautauqtia Course reading 
the prescribed books and graduating witli the Chautauqua Class of 1890. 
with the exception of Mrs. Solomon G. Krepps who (with Mrs. I. B. 
Beazell") is a graduate of the pioneer Chautaugua Class of 1882. 

The class also read the "Tourist Series" and some miscellaneous books 
from standard authors. 

In 1902 they began the stmly of Shakes]xare's ])lays on which they are 
still engaged. 

Each meeting is oi)ened by every meml)er asking two questions on Bible 
history. Some of the ladies are well versed in this ])art of the work. Another 
feature of the work is current events. The evening's work is finished with 
spelling. 

The ladies enrolled for the first three months of the Circle's history were, 
Mrs. William Dmican, Mrs. S. Smith Fishburn, Mrs. Ada O. Krepps, Mrs. 
H. C. Krepps, Mrs. Wm. Cock, Mrs. Robert Graham, Mrs. J. C. Greenlee, 
Mrs. Wm. C. Armstrong, Mrs. J. C. Grooms. Mrs. Solomon G. Krep]js, Misses 
E. K. Fishburn and Annie Worrell. Mrs. Celia ilinehart. Mrs. Dimcan, Mrs. 
A. (). Krepps and Mrs. Fishburn were eollege-l)red women and iheir help 
from that source has been of untold \alue to the other members, the three 
serving as presidents in turn until Mrs. Duncan's death. Mrs. Wm. C. 
Armstrong was chosen president in 1900, and Mrs. Ada O. Krepps was elected 
to take her place and has served since that time. She is untiring in her 
efforts to make the meetings instructi\-e and pleasant. With her brilliant 
mind that refuses to V)e dimmed by the ])assing years, she ])roves to the class 
that age is no obstacle to self-eulture. 

The Circle from the beginning would not allow any political matters dis- 
ctissed. They have had papers on different subjects, reprodvictions of poems 
and debates. One, "Resolved that the horse is of more importance toman 
than the cow.'' The eow won the laurels in that race. Again, "Resolved 
that Julius Caesar was a greater man than Na])oleon Bonaparte, but the 
negative was not able to pro\-e Shakes])eare was wrong in saying that 
"Caesar was the foremost man of all the world. " 

There are only six of the original inembers living here at present. Mrs. 
Duncan and Mrs. Graham are dead; Mrs. Fishburn is in Pittsburg, an honored 
member of the Monday Night Club of that city; Mrs. John AVorrell, Mrs. A. 
V. Nelan, and Mrs. E. F. Porter later members also iri Pittsburg; Mrs. Isaac 
M. Mason is in St. Louis; M. C. Minehart is in Cleveland. Ohio and Mrs. U. S. 
Grooms is in Peoria, 111. 

The members now (1904) are Mrs. Ada O. Krei)])s. Mrs Wm. C. Armstrong. 
Mrs. Wm, Cock, Mrs. H C. Kre])i)s, Mrs. Annit' Worrell Connelly, Mrs. Chas. 



The Old Red Pump 289 



Harmon, Mrs. Carrie Porter, Miss Sarah Ghrist, Mrs. J, M. Springer, Mrs. 
R. C. Miller, Mrs. R. D. Mason, Miss Ettie Delaney, Mrs. Amy Cox, Mrs. Wm. 
Todd, Mrs. M. H. MiUigen, Mrs. Samuel Crawford. Mrs. T. D. Ilann, Mrs. 
Caleb I. Miller and Mrs. Chas. Sawvcr. 



THE OLD RED PUMP. 

Among the old public wells of the borough, the oldest was the "factory 
well, " and was sit via ted on the lot opposite the residence of D. Fred Robinson, 
and was fed by a large and never-failing spring of pure water. Many of the 
older citizens remember it well. It was not a public well, its real piurpose 
being to supply water for the use of the Bridgeport cotton factory, erected 
on the lot abo\-e mentioned, about the year 1815. Several years after this well 
was pvut down, John Riley dug one on the lot which is now included in the 
public park at the foot of High Street. It ^^•as used by the public for many 
years. This was the "Market House well." Both wells have ceased to be, 
but there is still iii existence a third one, which is alm'ost as old as the oldest 
and as excellent as any — the Red Ptuiip well. 

For this useful gift the people are indebted to Joel Oxley, a Quaker who 
came to Bridgeport from Loudon County, Virginia, in the year ISOo. This 
public-spirited and generous citizen burned the l)riek and liuilt the hovise 
now the home of Mrs. Harvey Milliken: and in front of his home he dug 
the well which for fourscore years has, in the words of the old citizen, "been 
a mighty useful thing." 

It was in the year 1816 that the well was completed and a pump placed 
therein. This pump was in every way like the one now in use, except that 
the spout was made of wood instead of iron: It is probable that Mr. Oxley 
himself made the pump, for he was a cabinetmaker and had a shop in the 
frame house between the residence of Mrs. Milliken and John Weston. 
About forty years ago Amos Griffith a pump maker of Bridgeport, made the 
pump which is now used. Longer than the oldest living citizen can remember, 
these piunps have always been dressed in a coat of red ])aint, and of course 
each has always been known as the red pump. In time of drought the well 
has been sought by people from all parts of the town, and its water source 
has never been known to fail, though at times its supply has not been equal 
to the demand. 

TUTOR OF JA^iIES G. BLAIXE. 

It is interesting to note here, that Mr. Oxley was a famous school-teacher 
of the olden time. For many years he taiight a private school at his home 
and many of his pvipils became great men — Jermiah S. Black and James 
G. Blaine, for example. Mr. Oxley also tavight in the stone schoolhouse 
which stood where the Porter residence now stands. In the borotigh records 
we read that on April 24. 1824, Joel Oxley "requested the privilege of the 
vise of the schoolhouse as a schoolroom for two years from the first day of 
May next," and on this application "the burgess was directed to lease the 



290 Bridgeport Cemetery 



same 1(1 JiH'l OxU'v for the aboxr term, reserving the eiistomary jn'ix'ileges 
of the eouneil. and to tlu' Methodists as a meetinghouse." In these records 
we lind. too, that he was a member of the borough coimcil in the years, 1830, 
31, 34, 35, and 3(). He was in fact, a man interested in every good work to 
be done in the commimity. It is not strange, then, that he has left the 
])ublic something which causes his name to be mentioned with praise todav. 

Besides its usefulness, the old red jiump has a faine, widespread among 
Bridgeport boys, old and young, here, there and everywhere. Near it manv 
a raid itpon the neighbors' fruit trees and grape arbors has been j)lar.ned, 
many a fishing and hunting excursion has been arranged. On many a 
Hallow'een it has been the center of o])erations a.gainst the vehicles, gates, steps 
and other available movable ])roperty in its vicinity. Indeed its vicinity 
has l)een a stamping ground for tiie boys of Bridgeport for many generations. 



iSRIDGEPORT CEMETERY. 

Situated on an eminence on the southeast part of Bridgeport, sloping 
gently to the north and overlooking the valley of the Nemacolin and in plain 
view of the National Pike where it passes over the Blubaker hill, is the Bridge- 
port cemetery, one of the most delightful ])lots of ground and one of the best 
kept cemeteries along the Monongahela ri\-er. Summer or winter, win never 
you go to it, yoti find it in perfect order and neat and clean as the lawn of the 
most pretentious private residence. 

In this cemetery there rest many of the old-time citizens who lived, loved 
and latjored, and who went to their reward long before the present generation 
or the one before it came upon the stage of action, and here as the years glide 
by, many of the descendants of those who now sleep beneath its sod, will 
go to take U]) their abode in the silent city of the dead. 

WHEN ESTABLISHED. 

The old cemetery was first set aside or established by an act of council 
passed December 28, bS47 and tlu' burial lots were free. July 14, 1S',)1, the 
Bridgeport Cemetery company was organized and accpiired eight acres of 
ground lying north and west of the old cemetery, October 22d of the same 
year, council rc4inquishcd all its rights in the cemetery, to the coinpany as 
will be seen in the following e.xccrpt from the minutes of council. The new 
company was not chartered, however, till Eebruary 1, 1892, though an appli- 
cation for the charter was on file for said charter when the action of council 
was taken, as it refers to the company as " chartered. " 

•Bridgeport, Pa., October 22nd, 1891. 
"Regular Meeting of Council: — Motion made and imanimovisly passed 
that the Council relinquish any and all interest they may have in the Bridge- 
y)orl Cemetery Co., Chartered, with the understanding that said Company 



List of Incorporators of Cemetery Company 



291 



fence Ihe same, take it under their management, give it the same care, and 
manage the same by and under same rules and regulations by which the new- 
Cemetery is managed." 

LIST OF INCORPORATORvS OF CEMETERY COMPANY. 

The following is a list of the incorporators of the Bridgeport cemetery as 
found in the published rules and regulations of the Bridgeport Cemetery 
Company of Bridgeport, Pennsylvania, bearing date of February 1 , 1892: 
T . S . Wrigh t , L . C . \\' aggon er , 

Thos. Aubrey, W. H. Herbcrtson, 

Wm. H. Amnion, Geo. W. Springer, 

Seaborn Crawford, E. Chamberlain, 

J. W. Worrell, M. D., Geo. S. Herbcrtson, 

Roland C. Rogers, Daniel DcLaney, 

H. B. Cock, ■ Joshua Speer, 

Samuel A. Lopp, Sr., R. L. Aubrey, 

Bulger Brothers, SamtielH. Pearsall, 

Thos. Axton, Chas. Herbcrtson, 

S. H. Dusenberry, Albert Herrington, 

T. S. Wood, A. M. (deceased). 

OFFICERS OF THE COMPANY. 

President, Geo. W. Springer. 
Secretary and Treasurer, Levi C. Waggoner. 

DIRECTORS. 



Geo. W. Springer, 
Roland C. Rogers, 
Albert Herrington, 



R. L. Aubrey. 
E. ChamVjerlain, 
L. C. Waggoner, 
Geo. S. Herbcrtson. 



RULES AND REGULATIONS. 

For the benefit of those who may be interested and who have no other 
source of infonnation concerning the rtiles and regulations of the cemetery, 
we append a few of the more important sections of articles of said rules and 
regulations together with excerpts of other matters of import set forth in the 
published rules and regulations of the company. 

The corporation shall be known by the name of ''The Bridgeport Cemetery 
Company, " and by that name shall have perpetual succession. 

ARTICLE SECOND. 



The purpose of the corporation is the inaintenance, withovt prufit, of a 
public cemetery, in the borough of bridgeport. County of Fayette, and state 



Coiicernint; Interments 293 



of Pennsylvania, for the burial of the dead \vithi>ut distinction or regard to 
sect, under sueh conditions, rules and regulations as the Board of Directors 
of said Corporation shall establish. 

ARTICLE FOURTH. 

The Corporation shall, at least once in every year hereafter, fill by election, 
all vacancies which may occtir among thein, and may at the time increase 
and add to their niiinber from those who may be lot owners, so that said as- 
sociation shall consist of 25 members. 

.\RTICLE SIXTH. 

The said Corporation shall have power to lay out and ornament, and to 
divide into suitable plots and burial lots; erect buildings and do all things 
necessary to be done to adapt the ground so purchased to the pupose of a 
Cemetery; and to sell lots and dispose of said plots and burial lots, for the 
purpose of sepulture, to individuals, societies or congregations, without dis- 
tinction or regard to sect. 

The income of said Corporation, after paying for the land and all 

EXPENSES, shall BE APPLIED TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE CEMETERY, AND 
THE PERPETUAL MAINTENANCE OF THE SAME IN GOOD ORDER AND SECURITY. 



CONCERNING INTERMENTS. 

No. 1. Whene\'er an interment is to be made, timely notice thereof, must 
be given to the President, on the previous day of the interment, if possible. 

No. 2. In all cases of interment in lots, where parties applying are un- 
known to the President, or their responsibility insufficient, a written permit 
from the owner of the lot must be filed before an order is issued. 

No. 3. Any lot owner allowing a friend to make an interment in his lot 
must make application in person or by a written order, and no disinterment 
will be allowed in any lot without a similar order from the owner thereof. 

No. 4. ^Vll interments will be stibject to the following charges, until other- 
wise ordered, which in all cases must be paid to the President before the in- 
terment : 

Open ng grave for interment of adult $7 . 00 

Opening grave for interment of children under ten years 5 . 00 

Opening grave for interment of children under two years 3.00 

SINGLE GRAVES. 

When a single grave is wanted the following prices are charged, which 
rovers the expense for the use of the ground and the opening of the grave : 

Single grave for adult $9 . 00 

Single grave for child tinder ten years 7-00 

Single grave for child under two years 5. 00 



•29i luidow iiK-nl Iniiiil 



DISINTICKMKXTS. 

No. 1. No disintfrment for removal of remains ovitside of the Ceinetery or 
for re-interment in another jiart of the grounds, will be permitted during the 
months of April, May, June, July, August and September; but from the first 
of October to the thirty-first of March, disintennents may be made at any 
time, at the discretion of the President. 

No. 2. The charge for disinterment for the ])urpose of removing from the 

Cemetery will be $7 . 00 

Disinterment and re-interment in new grave, adult 1 1 .00 

Disinterment and re-intennent in new grave, child vmder lOyears 10.00 

Disinterment and re-interment in new grave, child under J year S.OU 

No. 3.- In case of disinterment from the single graves, for removal of the 
remains out of the Cemetery, or for re-interment in lots belonging to or pur- 
chased from other owners, no allowance shall be made for the grave vacated, 
the use of tlie gnuind bc'ing considered as an equix'alent for tin; amount 
originally paid. 

PROVISION. 

Whenever any person shall have selected a lot, and paid part of the ])ur- 
chasc money, Init has refused or neglected to pay the remainder, and stands 
indebted therefor, for a term of one year, he shall forfeit his right to any further 
occupancy of said lot, and no permit for an interment shall be granted to him 
or his heirs until all arrearages due, principal and interest, are paid; and if 
said persons shall neglect to pay said arrearages for the further term of one 
year after being served with a notice of his delinquency, on said lot therein, 
the bodies shall be renioved, and the lot sold; or the graves shall be leveled, 
and the lot set apart as a portion of the ornamental juirt of said Ceinetery, 
as the directors may decide in each case. 

EXDUWMENT FUND. 

There is a mode of providing for the care of a lot and monuments for all time. 
This I'.ndowment Fund is designed for those who wish to provide a fund, the 
income of which shall be spent as it is needed, in keeping in repair, tombs, 
monutnents, etc. It is founded on An Act passed May 14th, 1874, entitled, 
"An Act to permit Cemetery companies, not organized for the purpose of 
corporate profit, to take and hold any grant, donation or bequest of property, 
for the use herein incntioned. " 

Those who wish to avail themselves of the benefit of this Act, will find the 
following form of agreements in complete conformity with the la\\', to wit: 

ARTICLF OF A(iRl':EMENT. 

THIS AGREEMENT, Made this day of '. 

A. D. 18 between of the one part, 

and the Board of Directors of the Bridgeport Cemetery, in the County of 
Fayette and State of Pennsylvania, of the other ])art: 



Article of Agreement 295 



WITNESSETH, that the said has deposited 

with the Bridgeport Cemetery Company, the snm of $25, in consideration of 
which the said Directors, for themselves and their successors, hereby agree 
to receive and hold the said sum in trust forever, and invest the same with 
other of like character, and to ajjply the income therefrom, from time to 
time, under the supervision of the Directors for the time being, to the re- 
pair and preservation of any headstone, tomb or monument, or for planting 

or cultivating trees and shrubs, upon or in Lot No Section 

, in the said Bridgeport cemetery, and the surplus, if 

any, at the end of each year, to remain as a sinking fund, to be applied solely 

and exckisively to the repair and keeping in order, said Lot 

Section 

PROVIDED, HOWEVER, That the said Directors shall never be responsi- 
1)le for their conduct in the discharge of such trust, except for good faith, and 
such reasonable diligence as may be required of mere gratuitious agents and 
provided further, that the said Directors shall in no case be obliged to make 
seperate investment of the sum so given, and that the average income derived 
from all funds of the like nattire belonging to the Corporation, shall be divided 
annually, and carried proportionately to the credit of each lot entitled thereto. 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, The said has hereunto set 

hand, and the Directors of the Bridgeport Cemetery Company have 

hereunto set their corporate seal, together \\-ith the signature of the President 

and Treasurer, this day of 

President. 

Tre-jsurer. 

As the income of the company will cease when the lots are all sold, a sinking 
fund has been created from the interest of which the cemetery will then be 
maintained. This sinking fund alread}' amounts to $2,000 and it is hoped 
that it will be increased by donations, and from the surplus on the sale of lots 
after deducting current expenses, as the years go by. 



NOT ORGANIZED FOR PROFIT. 

As will be seen by article sixth, this cemetery companj' was not organized 
for profit and the business of the corportion is done under the provision of an 
act of assembh^ approved the 14th daj^ of May, 1874. Many public men of 
the Three Towns among whom the most prominent was Roland C. Rogers, 
donated liberally to the fund for the erection and maintenance of the ceme- 
terj in the earlier days of its existence and still continue to do so. It is a 
fact worthy of comment and commendation that while Bridgeport has alwaj^s 
been active in promulgating public institutions and enterprises for the better- 
ment and benefit of the living, it has not neglected to pro\-ide a peaceful, 
quiet and withall a beautiful home for the repose of the ashes of those who 
have passed down over the great divide and beyond the vale that divides time 
from eternitv. 



Biographies of Borough Officials 
( Bridgeport) 

Thomas A. Jeffries is a son of William and Rachel (Dixon) Jeffries and 
was bom at Scarights, Fayette County. Pennsylvania, August 5, 1868. He 
received his education in the New Salem jniblic schools and at ^^'aynesburg 
College. 

On completing his education, Prof. Jeffries selected the profession of 
teaching, which he followed with the most flattering success for ten years. 
He was principal of the jniblic schools of New Salem two years, Masontown 
two years, Fayette City four years, and Belle Vernon two years. 

When Prof. Porter died in 1U(I2. Prof. Jeffries came to Bridgeport and lK)ught 
out his real estate and insurance business, at which he has since been engaged. 
While Prof. Jeffries has always taken an active part in politics he has never 
sought public office. However, in the spring of 1903 he was prevailed upon 
by his freinds to accept the nomination for burgess of Bridgeport on the 
Republican ticket and was elected by a large majority and is still serxing 
with credit to himself and satisfaction to the people of Bridgeport. 

In Waynesburg, August 7. 1893, he married Miss Emma J. Goodwin and 
to them have been born the following children: Helen G., Thomas A.. Jr., 
Margaret M., and Joseph A. 

Prof. Thomas A. Jefferies is a man of exceptional ability, a deep and close 
student, a flvient and forceful speaker and the ranks of pedagogy lost a valued 
memlier when he sought other fields of labor. 



Wii.i.i.\:\i VixiF.NT WiNAXs was born at Florence, Washington Covmty, 
Pennsylvania, July 121, 1S.')7. He is a son of J . V. and Elizabeth (Cannon) 
Winans. He received liis education in the ])uV)lie schools of New Brighton 
and on leaving school learned the printing trade which he followed for a 
number of years. He served for eight years in the government printing 
office in Washington, D. C, and three years with the New York Times. 

In 1889 he came to Bridgeport and in 1891 became manager of the Ph. 
Hamburger Distilling Co., which position he still occupies. He is a Re- 
publican and an active worker in his party and is now serving his second 
term as a member of the council of the borough of Bridgeport, being chosen 
president both terms, and was elected as delegate to the State convention 
in 1896. 

George L. Moorh is thi- son of William B. and Eliza Ann (Sharp) Moore, 
and was born in Luzerne Township, Fayette County, Pa., October 30, 18-1-3. 
At the age of twelve years he accepted a position of errand or cabin boy on one 
of the steamboats plying on the Monongahela river and continued in this 
position for five years, except in winter when he attended school at home. 
He subsequently attended the State Normal School then located at Millsboro, 



Dr. Henry Eastman — Levi B. Waggoner 297 

Washington ("oiinty, and at the age of eighteen years commenced teaching 
district school in F"ayetle County, at which he continued during the winter 
for about eight years. In ISCuS he entered the mercantile business with his 
brother at Millsboro but sold out his interest to his brother in 1S73 and came 
to Bridgeport where he entered into partnershi]> with C. W. Wanee, the firm 
name being Moore & Wanee, dealers in hardware and agricultural implements. 
In bSTo Mr. AVanee died and Mr. Moore becaine sole proprietor. He has 
continued in this business ever since and has met with flattering sticcess. 

Mr. Moore was one of the prime movers in organizing the first company 
to drill for natural gas at or near Bridgeport, and since then has been inter- 
ested in several companies that have operated here, or near here, with varied 
degrees of success. 

In 1873 Mr. Moore married Miss Emma F. Gibbons, daughter of E. I'. 
Gibbons of Luzerne Township. To this unicm were born fi\ e children 
namely Guy G., Frank D., Charles L., Carl F.. and Elisha P. Mr. ]\Ioore has 
always been a staunch Republican bvit has never sought political ofiice. 
He has been a member of the school board for many years and is at present 
president of that body. While he is conservative in business matters he is 
liberal in aid of all worthy public enterprises and active in yiromoting the 
best interests of the communitv in which he lives. 



Dr. Hexrv E.\stmax is a son of Dr. Htnry Eastman. Sr., and Mary E. 
(Porter) Eastman, and was bom at Merrittstown, Fayette Coruity. Penn- 
sylvania, September 17, 1869. His great-grandfather. Ebenezer Eastman 
was a son of one of the pioneer settlers of New Hampshire and served as a 
captain in the battle of Bunker Hill during the Revolution. 

Dr. Henry Eastman was educated at St. Vincent's Academy, Latrobe, Pa. 
From there he went to Mt. L^nion College at Alliance, Ohio. He entered 
Jefferson Medical College in 1888 and graduated with the class of 1892. He 
was immediately appointed surgeon of the Northern Pacific Railroad with 
headquarters at Missoula, Montana. He remained there about two years 
when he came to Bridgeport, where he has since practiced medicine with 
marked success. 

In February, 1903, he formed a partnership with Dr. Wilbur M. Lilley and 
the two have built up a lucrative practice in and around the Three Towns. 

He is surgeon for the Monongahela Railroad and also for the P. & L. E. 
and the Pennsylvania. Dr. Eastman has large coal interests in Greene and 
\\'ashington Counties, Pennsylvania, .and extensive mining interests in 
Montana and Alaska. 

Jvily 2, 1902. Dr. Eastman married Miss Evelyn Gates, daughter of D. O. 
and Flora (Cooper) Gates of Buffalo, New York. They now reside on Second 
Street, Bridgeport. Dr. Eastman is now serving as president of the board 
of health. 

Levi Craft Waggoxer was born in Brownsville, Fayette County. Penn- 
sylvania. December 28. ISol, and is a son of George and Mary M. (Craft) 
Waggoner. He is of German extraction, his great-grandfather. George 



298 Davi<l .M. Hart 



Waggoner having been V)()rn in (lerniany l)Ut eanie to this eountry about the 
middle of the eighteenth eenturv. 

Levi C. Waggoner received his education in the Brownsville and Grindstone 
schools and afterwards learned the trade of marble cutting with the firm 
of M. & T. S. Wright at which he continued for ten years in Brownsville and 
two yiars in Pittsburg. In 18S() he einbarked in the mercantile business 
opening a grocery and ])rovision store in Brownsville, which he sold several 
years ago. 

In September. 1875. hi' married Miss iClla W. Aubn^'V, daughter of the late 
Thomas and Maria (Boyd) ^Vubrey. They haw foiu" children. Thomas A., 
teller of the Monongahela National Bank; Leroy C. Carrie and Nellie. 

Mr. Waggoner is a member of the I. O. (). !•". and Royal Arcanum. He is 
one of the projectors of and for a long time president of the Brownsville 
Natural Gas Company. He has always been actively identified with the 
Republican party and has served a number of times as central committeeman 
and as delegate to conventions. He was burgess of Bridgeport where they 
now live, for three years, and assessor four years, retiring last spring. He is 
also a director of the Monongahela National Bank of Brownsville, and is senior 
mi_'mber of the tirm of Waggoner & Lilley. ])a\ing and sewer contractors. 



Davio Moffitt Hart who came to Bridgeport in ISfii), is a native of 
Washington County, Pa., and was born near Centre\ille, Septeinber 15, 
1832, and is the son of James Gibson and Isabel (Moffitt) Hart. His father 
was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania, Januarj' 2, 1807, and moved with 
his parents to Washington County where he leanu-d the trade of weaver and 
fuller of woolen cloth. He was ])rfiminent in ])olitics, being a Whig until 
the Rei)ubliean i)arty was formed when he joined its ranks. He ser\-ed two 
terms as associate judge of Washington County. He died in 1885. 

David M. Hart, after completing the common-school course in the schools 
of Centreville, Washington County, studied the higher branches under the 
tutorship of Samuel Linton and his brother. Having completed his educa- 
tion he devoted himself to farming for the next four years. He then accepted 
a position as clerk in a drug store in Jeflferson, Greene County, where he 
continued till 1851 when he i)urehased a sawmill in West Bethlehem Towm- 
ship, Washington County. With this he was eminently successful. He 
also operated a sawmill near Brownsville and one in Preston Comity, West 
Virginia. He retired from the lumber lousiness in 1880. 

Mr. Hart has always l)ecn an active and jirogressive citizen, and taken a 
deep interest in all commendable ])ublic enterprises. He has always been 
a statmch Republican and was elected btirgess of Bridgeport in 1 880 in which 
official capacity he served two terms. He has twice been elected member 
of the borough council serving as president and was also a member of the 
school board for three years, and is now a justice of the ])eace. September 
12. 1802 he enlisted in Company E, 14th Regiment. Pennsvlyania Volunteers. 

Mr Hart has been married twice. May 1. 185(i he married Miss Peria 
Rex. daughter of Charles Rex, of Jefferson, Greene County. W^hile on their 
wedding tour, Mrs. Hart was stricken with typlioid fever in St. Louis and died 



Daniel H. Pearsall 299 



there. Her remains were In'onght home and buried in Greene County. Mr. 
Hart was married a second time July 2(), ISdl), to Miss Sarah M. Wilgvis, 
datighter of John S. and Barbaretta (Hunter) Wilgus. Sarah M. Wilgus 
was born in Fayette City, Fayette County, Pa., May 1, 1848. She was the 
second in a family of seven children. Her father was born in Perryopolis, 
Fayette County, Pa., October 28, 1823 and moved to Bridgeport in 1850 
and engaged in the manvifacture of boots and shoes and in the general 
mercantile business. In 1873 he was ap])ointed ]_)ostmaster of Brownsville 
in which ofHce he continued li\X' years. (See further notice in his biography.) 
To David M. and Sarah Hart were born ten children, J. Percy, Wallace A., 
Peria A., Russell, Lawrence W., Kenneth M.. James G., Isabel M., ]. 
Wilgus, and David M., Jr., all of whom are living except Russell. Mr. Hart 
has retired from business and though in his seventy-second year still takes 
an active interest in public afifairs and is one of the best-posted men in 
Bridgeport particvilarly concerning the early history of the Three Towns and 
Fayette County. 



Daniel H. Pearsall is a son of Daniel and Sarah (Hingley) Pearsall. 
He was born at Sovith Staffordshire, England, August 4, 1852. 

Daniel Pearsall was a miner in England, where he died. His wife came to 
America in July, 1880, and eight years later died at Browns\-illc in the sixty- 
fourth year of her age. 

Daniel H. Pearsall attended pay schools in England until thirteen years of 
age, when he learned the trade of puddler. After five years of experience 
as a puddler, he came to the United States, locating at Saw Mill Run in 
Allegheny County, and engaged in mining coal for seven years. In 1877 he 
removed to California, Washington County, and continued in coal mining 
for one year. 

After eight years' hard labor, by prudence and economy he acqviired a 
small sum of money. He invested this money, assisting to organize the 
Knob Coal Company. The Knob Coal Company was organized in Febrttary, 
1 878, leased and operated for five years. The coal bank is one-half mile north 
of West Brownsville. In 1882, with fifteen others, bought the bank and 
christened it "The Knob Coal Works." They are well equipped with the 
latest machinery for the mining, breaking, screening and shipping of coal. 
Daniel and Samuel Pearsall owned elex'en of the sixteen shares. The com])any 
employed from 125 to 150 men, and their yearly out])ut was about one million 
and a half bvishcls of coal. 

In 1882 he was elected l)y the company to take charge- of their general 
store at Bridgeport, and as such still'eontinued until the sale ol the work in 
UtOO to the Monongahela River Consolidated Coal and Coke Company. 

In 1872 Mr. Pearsall married Miss Tillie Leadbatcr of Sand Creek, Alle- 
gheny County. They have four children, Henrietta, Eva, Sarah and Minnie. 
He is a K. of P., a member of the Royal Arcanum and Masonic fraternity, 
and is now a member of the school board of Bridgeport. 

Mr. Pearsall has large coal interests, being treasru-er for about a dozen dif- 
ferent companies. He has one of the finest greenhouses in the Monongahela 



300 Uriah V. Iliginbotliain 



Valley, and takes great delight in working among the llowers, where he 
spends all of his leisure moments. 



Uriah F. Higinbotham is a son of Uriah and Tabitha (Edington) 
Higginbotham and was born in Redstone Township, Fayette County, Penn- 
sylvania, November 30, 1858. He was edticated in the common schools of 
his township, in Dunlap's Creek Academy and in the Southwestern State 
Normal College. He has served several terms as school director. 

Mr. Higinbotham has always been actively engaged in business. ha\ing 
taken up manj' different lines and prosecuted each successfully. On leaving 
school, he returned to the farm where he remained till 1884 when he went 
to Kansas and formed a partnership with A. (i. Miller. They jjurehased 
1,000 acres of land, well improved, and stocked it with tine cattle. In 1888 
he sold out his interest and retvirned to Bridgeport where he bovight the Pros- 
pect Flouring Mills and adjacent lands. In 1802-3 he was proprietor of 
the famous Barr House in Bridgeport. He next bought Seaborn Crawford's 
furniture store in Brownsville, and after running that business for three 
years, he sold it to Steele & Ross. He is at ]}resent engaged in farming 
and stock raising. 

In 1880, Mr. Higinbotham was elected a member of the Bridgeport 
borough council and is at ])rescnt serving his second term as a member 
of the board of education. He has always affiliated -wilh the Repul»lican 
party. 

In 1880 Mr. Higinbotham married Miss Emina V. Miller, daughter of 
r)li\-er and Mary (Gibson) Miller and to this tinion there were born two 
daughters, Ethel M. and Margaret T. 



Hkxrv Warxkk Mossett is a son of Charles and Louisa ("Warner) Mossett 
and was born in Luzerne Township, April 8,- 1852. He received his educa- 
tion in the common schools and in the California Normal, attending the latter 
two terms. 

Mr. Mossett folloux'd the river from 18(')2 to 1871 as cabin boy first and 
later as cook and as striking engineer. In 1870 he commenced teaching 
school and followed that profession for li\'e years teaching eleven terms 
(summer and winter). He served as janitor of the Bridgeport High School 
for one year and is now janitor of the Monongahela Railroad union station. 

He was twice elected as school director of Bridgeport and is at present serv- 
ing his second term as auditor of the borough. Mr. Mossett is the first 
colored man who ever served as inspector of elections in Lttzerne township. 

February 29, 1871, he married Miss Annie Honesty, daughter of Nelson 
and Rithener (Biitler) Honesty of Bridgeport, and to this union were born 
three children, Oliver N., Charles E. (deceased), and "William S. 



Harry Marshall is a native of Bridgeport, and was born Nov. 8, 1862. 
He is a son of Thomas R. and Jane (DeLaney) Marshall. He received his 
education in the Bridgeport common and high schools but at the age of 
thirteen he quit school and commenced clerking in a grocery store for his 



Georoje M. Rathmell — O. K. Martin 301 



mother on Bridgeport hill. Here he continued till Febrvtary 12, 1S94, when 
he went into the meat business with Wm. Garrcd. At the end of the first 
year he bought out Mr. Garrcd and has since continued the l)usincss at the 
same stand in the "Neck." In connection with this he has also been con- 
ducting a real estate business for the past two years, the firm name now 
being Marshall & Hart. 

He served one term as mercantile appraiser of Fayette County. He has 
also served his party as central committeeman, being a staunch Republican. 
The borough has honored him with the office of member of the board of educa- 
tion and he is at present serving his sixth year as a councilman. He is a man 
of exceptional energy and executive ability and endowed with that degree of 
public spirit that fosters every commendable public enterprise that is for 
the betterment of the community. 

On October 1, 1890, he married Miss Emily, daughter of William and Jane 
Swan of Luzerne Township, Fayette County, Pa., and to the:n have been 
born five children, namely Jane, Henry, William, Harold, and Ruth, 
(deceased). 

George M. R.\tiimell is a son of John Jacob and Anna (Mathews) Rath- 
mell, and was born March 9, 1805, in Bridgeport, Pa., where he received his 
edvication and where he has always resided. After completing his education 
he secured a position as clerk in the drug store of H. W. Robinson where he 
remained for about ten years. He then commenced the drug business for 
himself at his present place of business with his brother A. Ross Rathmell as 
partner, and success has crowned their efforts. 

George M. Rathmell has taken an active part in the politics of his town and 
county and is at present a member of the Republican Central Committee. 
He has served as member of the board of education and is at present a 
member of the Bridgeport borough council. 



Oliver Knight Martin was born in Bridgeport, Fayette County, Penn- 
sylvania, February 14, 1874, and is a son of James and Kate (Norcross) 
Martin. He received his education in the public schools of Bridgejiort and 
after finishing the comnion-school course, he commenced working at the 
carpenter trade at which he has ever since been engaged. 

While Mr. Martin has never aspired to office, his popularity is shown in 
the fact that his fellow-citizens honored him with the position of council inan 
in 1898 and have kept him in that position ever since, having re-elected him 
again for a three-year term in the s]3ring of 1904. He is a young man of 
energy and ability and is botind to make his mark in the world. 



B. R. A. TiLGHMAN, was born in Bridgeport, Fayette County, Pa., May 10, 
1862, and was educated in the public schools of the borough. He is the son 
of Richard and Mary E. Tilghman, For soiTie years Mr. Tilghman followed 
mining but for the last twenty years he has been c^ngaged as cook at the 
different hotels and is an expert in that line. 

Mr. Tilghman is a Republican in politics and has always taken an active 



302 Edwin P. Couse — Dr. A. C. vSinith 

interest in public affairs. He is now serving his fifth year as councilman of 
the borough of Bridgeport and has served as clerk of elections, inspector of 
elections and in other minor elective and appointive offices. 



EuwiN PiuLii^s Couse was born in Sandy Creek Townshi]), Mercer Ccninty, 
Pa., February 20, 1808, and received his education in the common schools 
at Grove City and at Allegheny College graduating wilh the class of 1889. 
He is a son of William P. and Sarah (Philips) Couse. 

Mr. Covise spent his early days on the farm and in the lumbering business 
and subsequently tavight school several terms. He then entered the field 
of journalism at which he is still engaged. For ten years he was telegraph 
editor of the Pittsburg Leader. He was also on the reportorial staff for 
two years. In November, 1902 he came to Brownsville and purchased the 
Monitor which he has since conducted with great success. Mr. Cot:se is a 
Republican but has never aspired to jniblic office though he is now serving 
as clerk of the Bridgeport council. 

In 1894, Mr. Couse was married to Miss Henrietta Emma Miller, daughter 
of the late Squire James and Ruth (Cannon) Miller, and now resides at the 
old palatial Miller Homestead in Bridgeport. Mr. ami Mrs. Couse have three 
children, Catherine Emily, James Miller, and I'Mwin Philips, Jr. 



Dr. Alfred C. S.Mirii is a son of James R. and Mary J. (Rylnirn) Smith 
and was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, Septemper 29, 1864. 
He was raised on the farm and received his early education in the common 
schools of his neighborhood, afterwards graduating from Sterling Medical 
College at Columbus, Ohio, and from the Kentucky School of Medicine at 
Louisville. 

Dr. Smith contintied working on the farm till 18Sf) when he went into the 
drug business and commenced the study of medicine attending and gradu- 
ating from the colleges above named. In 1898 he commenced the practice 
of medicine at which he has since continued and at which he has met with 
phenomenal success. 

He is a Republican but has never sought political preferment, being too 
closely wed to his profession. He is now serving as a member of the Bridge- 
port board of health, served for a time as president of the board and'fis 
now secretary. 

James H. Gray was born in Bedford County, Pennnsylvania, October 
15, 1844, and is the son of John S. and Catharine S. (Izer) Gray. When he 
was yet quite young his parents moved to West Brownsville where he re- 
ceived his early edtication. On leaving school, he learned the trade of ship 
carpenter and worked at that business with John S. Pringle, Pringle & Axton 
and with S. S. Brown in Pittsburg, till December 1897, when he quit ship- 
building and went into the grocery business in which he is still engaged on 
Front Street. Bridgeport, Pa. 

He served as school director from 1 894 to 1 899 and was again elected in 



A. M. Sargent — Geo. L. Stewart 303 

H)()2 and is still serving in that capacity. He also served as In^alth Dfliccr 
for Bridgeport from IS'JS to l'.)02. 

In 186G Mr. Gray married Miss May E. Wood, daughter of Aaron and Eliza 
(Stewart) Wood. To this union there was born one child, George M. Graj'. 
Mr. Gray's first wife died and m 1880 he married Hattie Weston, daughter 
(.-'f John and Gertrude (Seholl) Weston. They have one child, a daughter. 
Edna G. Gray, 

AcKisoN M. S.'\RGENT of Bridgeport, is a son of James and Isabella Sar- 
gent. He was l)orn January 1(J, 18()0, in ZoUersville, Washington County, 
Pa. In 1881 he came to Bridgeport, and engaged for two years in the grocery 
business. After selling his grocer)- he began teaming. 

In the spring of 1885 he engaged in the livery business, in the stable owned 
by E. H. Bar; it btirned in 1886, In 1 887 Mr, Sargent erected in Bridgeport a 
large livery stable. It was one of the finest livery stables in the cotmtry, was 
well stocked with a large lot of excellent horses, and was furnished wi th a large 
ntimber of fine carriages and buggies. The site was ])urchased by the Monon- 
gahela Railroad Company when that road was built through Bridgeport 
and the building was removed. Mr. Sargent then erected a still finer building 
farther up Dunlap's Creek where he still continties business. The upper 
story of this new building is fitted up as a billiard and pool room and is one 
of the finest in the Monongahela Valley. Mr. Sargent is now serving his 
second term as councilman. 

August 20, 1881, Mr. Sargent married Miss Ella Allen, a daughter of Oliver 
Allen, a farmer residing near Brownsville. They have one child. Annie M., 
now the wife of Rav Rush. 



George L. Stew.\rt was born in Bridgeport, Fayette County, Pa., August 
17, 1851 and has made his home here ever since. He is a son of James and 
Sarah (Leaman) Stewart and received his education in the Bridgeport schools. 

After leaving school he entered the carriage painting shop of J. N. House 
in Washington Pa., and learned the trade of carriage painting at which he 
continued for twenty-four j'cars, principally in Bridgeport. He is now con- 
tracting house and sign painter and is both successful and popular. 

Mr. Stewart is a Republican and while always interested in matters politic, 
has not aspired to cfifice and has held no oiifice outside of the municipality in 
which he lives. Here, however, he has frequently been selected by his neigh- 
bors and friends to do ptiblic duty, having served for some time as councilman 
and for the last ten or eleven years as member of the school board. 

He married Miss Mary Elizabeth Mclntire, and to them have been l)orn 
four children, Robert J., Hazel D., Floe and May Agnes Fleming. 



William DeLaxev is a son of Daniel and Bathia (Redman) DeLaney, 
aT\d was born in Bridgeport March 10, 18(K). He received his early education 
in the Bridgeport schools and worked at marble cutting with the firm of T. S. 
Wright from 1883 to 1894. From 189(5 to 1899 he was a partner with his 
brother Chas. R. DeLanev in the steam laundrv that stood on High 



30 1 A. D. Lockhart — J. S. Undy 

Street near ihv (.'iimberlaml I*resl)yterian church, which was destroyed by 
tire in ISW. 

In UHKJ he commenced workinij for llie Ham1)urger distillery and is still 
engaged with them. Mr. DeLaney is a Republican btit has never taken a 
very active part in politics. In the S])ring of 1904 he was elected assessor to 
succeed L ('. \Vai.;goner. 

,\i.EX.\.\i)KK I)i \c.\x L()i'Kii.\RT is a son of John S. and Margaret (Xeblo) 
Lockhart and was born in Jefferscjn Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, 
March 2, lS4(i. He received his education in the little brick schoolhouse 
in tin.' villagi' i)f Luzerne and has followi-d farming and \-egetable gardening 
most of his time. 

Mr. Lockhart is a Repubilcan and is at present a member of the school 
lioard and also a member of the board of health. 



John St.wi.ev Lixuy is tlu' son ol jt)hn and Christine (Mathues) Lindy 
and was born in Bridgeport, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, January 1, 1844. 
He was educated in the Bridgeport schools and has followed carpentering 
most of his time. He is a Republican but has never asj)ired to office though 
he is now ser\ing as street commissioner of Bridgeport. 

In 1SS2 he married Miss Cathtirine Willard, daughter of Samuel and 
Leatha (Hamilton) Willard. To this imion were born William and I'l'ria 
Alice. 

Rkv. RiciiARU Henry Blmkv is a native of King George County. \'irginia, 
and was educated for the ministry in Howard's University, Washington, D. C. 
He is now pastor of the A. M. E. Chiu^ch in Bridgeport and is a well-posted 
man ;ind a leader of his ])eople. 

While Rev. Bunu-y is a Rejuiblican, he has never sought political pre- 
ferment, devoting all his time to the ministry, but without solicitation on 
his part, he was last sjiring elected a memlier of the Iniard of education 
f(5r one year. 

I'ebruary I'O. ISSl, in Allegheny Cil\', IV-nnsyh'ania. he married Miss 
Jennit- B. llogan. and to this union there havi- been born four children, 
Richard H., Arnold A., William C., and lulia. 



Eli Cope is a son of Israel and Susan (Patton) Cope and was born in 
Jefferson Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, April 24, 1850. Mr. 
Cope is of English descent his rcinote ancestors having come from Wiltshire, 
England, with William Penn in IGSl or 1082. Oliver Cope, who came over 
with William Penn, had before coming, bought aboiu ll\e hundred acres of 
land from Penn, in the eastern part of the state and it is from Oliver Cope 
that all the Copes of Pennsylvania seem to have descended. Eli Cope, the 
direct subject of this sketch is of the sixth generation of the Cope family 
and the l.KiTth member of tlie Co])e family in direct descent from ()1!\'cm\ 



Robert Buffingtoii — Wm. Levy 305 



Eli Co])e received his e(lueali(!n in \hc I'ojilar Hill stone schncilhoiise in 
JelTerscin Township, and remained on llie farm until he uas 1^('> years of as^t.'. 
In 1S77 he was elected constable of Jefferson Townshi]) and ser\ed four years. 
He was also a])i)ointed tax collector to fill an unexpired term, in |efferson 
Township, in 1S7U. 

Mr. Cope moved to Brid.<;e])ort May IS, lUOO, and was elected chief of 
poliei' on that day, in which cajiacity he is still rendering elticient ser\-ice. 
In H)()l he was also elected tax. collector which i)o,sition he also holds at the 
]irescnt time. He is also lioth truant and health officer. 

On h\'l)ruary 22, 1S,S2, he married Miss Lizzie Belle Lee, daughter of 
Frank and Mary (McDonald) Lcc of Brownsxille. T(.) this union there have 
been born eight children of whom threi' are dead. The names of the living 
are, Israel, Paul, Clyde D., Russell Thornton, and Ruth. 

Mr. Cope is an active, energetic and ])o]iular citizen and is a terror to 
evil doers in Bridgc^iort and along the Monongahela river, where he knows 
almost every crook and they make it a point to steer clear of him. 



RoBKRT BuFFiNGTON was boHi in Bridgeport, Fayette County, Pennsyl- 
\-ania. in lSo9 and was educated in the Bridge] lort schools. He is the son 
of John and Pauline (Reynolds) Buffington. In 1 SoU hv entered the ])rinting 
oftice of W. K. Marshall where he learned the printer's trade. He also w( )rked 
in the i)rinting ofBce of Seth T. Hurd. He afterwards followed the river for 
fifteen years, serving as steamboat clerk and as Adams Express messeno'cr. 
In 1883 he commenced merchandising. 

Mr. Buffington has held the office of borough clerk, insi)eetor of elections 
and various other oilices. He is at present auditor of Bridge].)ort. He is 
a Reptibliean with strong tem])eranec ]irocli\ ities, and takes an active 
interest in iiiifilic affairs. 

Li 1.S71 lie was married to Miss Maggie A. Porter, daughter of |ohn and 
Sarah (Nimon) Porter. They have two children. William P. Buffington 
of the Pittslnirg Coal Company at Belle Vernon, Pa., and Robert E. 
Bufhngton of \\'ilmerding. Pa., enijiloyed at the Westinghouse works in East 
Pittsburg. 

William Levy, one of om- most ]irominent and ])opular merchants, is a 
son of Jacol) and Bella (Hersell) Le\y and was born in Poland lune 1(1, INlKi. 
He received his education in the schools of Pittsburg, and has followed the 
mercantile business all his life always meeting with flattering siicccss. 

After clerking a year for j. M. Gusky in Pitt.sburg, Mr. \,v\y came to 
Brownsville in 1S8G and commenced business for himself. How well he has 
succeeded, everyone here and along the Monongahela \'allev knows. 

Mr. Levy is a pleasant and affalde gentleman and thoroughlv understands 
the art of catering to thi- wants of the large list of jiatrons that ha\-e Ix-cn 
drawn to his famous store. Ik- is now serving as a memlierof the board of 
education of Bridgc])ort. 

In ISVIO, in New York City, he married Miss Nellie Miller, and to them 
have l)een born four children, namely, Jessie, Bennie. Julius and Dorothv. 



306 C. J. Milk-r Joliii Thompson 



Ri.NARi) RiOAii Bn.c.HK is a son of Jc-ssc and Mary (Scott) Bul<;c-r and was 
born in Bridgeport, I-'aycttc I'ounly. Pennsylvania, August 21. ISf))}. He 
received his education in the Bridgeport schools and after leaving school 
he acce])ted a i)osition in the dry goods store of O. R. Knight. 'I'his was in 
ISTC) and he continued with Mr. Knight live years. He then commenced 
learning the tailor trade undt'r (jco. Campbell and finally bought out his 
employer in ISS:!. He has since been in the merchant tailoring business 
continuously excei)t the year 1888 when he was in the minstrel business he 
being an I'xpert musician and one of tlie fomiders of the famous Bulger Band. 

While Mr. Bulger has never asjured to political preferment, he was last 
s|)ring elected a member of the board of education of Bridgeport for a term 
of four years. 

February 24, 1S'.)2, Mr. Bulger married Miss Kate Shellenberger. They 
have three children. 

I'.M.KB loHNSON MiLLKR was born in Menallen Township, Fayette County, 
Pennsylvania, September 2o. IS H , and is a son cjf Hiram and Mary (Johnson) 
Miller. 

Mr. Miller received his early education in the common schools of his neigh- 
borhood and afterwards attended ihe California State Normal and Union 
College at Alliance, Ohio. He followed farming until bSSl since which time 
he has been engaged in the mercantile l)usiness. 

In 1887 he was elected school director in Dunbar Township and served 
continuously there till 1899 when he was first elected school director of 
Bridgeport having mo\ed to town. He is now ser\-ing his third term in 
Bridgeport. 

January U), ISlKi. Mr. Miller married Miss Hannah Moxley, a daughter 
of Samui'l and Elizabeth (Springer) Moxley and to this union there have 
been born two children, S. Clyde Miller and Edna May Miller. 



loiix TiioMi'soK is a son of Daniel and Lueinda (McCullick) Thomiison, 
and was born in New Geneva, I'ayette Coimty, Pennsylvania, F\-bruary 1."). 
18.')."). He received his education in the schools of Sandy Hollow and in 
Brownsville whither his parents had moved. 

Mr. Thompson followed coal mining until al)out three years ago when he 
was elected constable of Bridgeport Townshi]), where he is still serving 
efficiently. 

In Feljruar\- bS77 Mr. Thoni])son married Miss Sarah Reiser, daughter of 
Daniel and Mary Reiser of U])i)er Tyrone Township, Fayette County, 
I'ennsylvania. This union has been blessed with eight children, Edward, 
Ella, Anna, Delia, Cora, John A., Chester F., and Mary. 




History of West Brownsville 



W'hkrk Located — The Story of Indian Pkte — A Strangely Worded 
Conveyance — Laid Out by Ephraim Lyon Blaine, Father oe JaiMEs 
G. Blaine — Incorporated in 1849 — First and Present Borough 
Officials — Arrival of thi-: Pittsburg, Virginia and Charleston — 
Some of West Brownsville's First and Present Indistries. 



West Brownsxilk' is connected with Bro\vns\Mlle and Bridgeport by tlie 
wooden bridge across the Monongahela river. This bridge is a covered 
\vf)oden structure 630 feet long in three spans and was completed in 1S33 at 
a cost of about «5(),()0() 



WHERE LOCATED. 

West Brownsville, as has been stated, lies on the west bank of the Monon- 
gahela river directly opposite Brownsville and BridgcT)ort and in the shadow 
of what was for many years known as "Indian Hill," from the fact that the 
land was first conveyed to Indian Pete in 17G9. It seems that William 
Peters, inore familiarly known as "Indian Pete," fonncrly lived in the 
Yoiighiogheny Valley adjoining lands of a German named Philip Shtite, but 
did not get along well with his Teiitonic neighbor whereupon he wrote the 

government that he could not get along v.'ith the d d Dutchman and 

wanted to change his location. According to the records, the government 
granted his request and he settled on Indian Hill. The tract contained 339 
acres Ftirther evidence that Indian Pete settled here about this time 
is in the records of the Virginia courts where in 177o, Michael Cresap is granted 
the ■■ right to keep a ferry over the Monongahela frcjm his house at Redstone 
Old Fort to the land of Indian Peter. Boyd Crumrine in his history of Wash- 
ington County says that during the spring of 1784. Neal Gillespie, a native -of 
Ireland and the great-grandfather of James G. Blaine, purchased the Indian 
Hill property and in proof of this jniblishes the following curious instrument, 
found in Book B, vol. i, p. 400 office of the county recorder- 



IXDIAX PETER'S WIDOW'S COX Vi: VAXCE. 

"March ye 3, 1784. 

"Memorandum of a Bargain mead Between Marey Betters and William 
oldest son and Xeal Gillespey, the agremcnt is thos, that we the above do 
bargain and seal to sead Neal Geallespic the Tract of land which we now 



308 



James G. Blaine's Father 




Hi«h Water in West i5io\vnsville, July 6. l!it>t> 



poses and all the tenements and botmdries of said Land at fort five shillings 
pr. Acker the tearni of Peamcnts the loth of next October fower hundred 
Poi.mds to be Paid in money or moneys worth for this Peament two ton of 
Iron at teen pence Pr povtnd and one Negro at Prcasment of two men, one 
hundred pound more to be pead at the same time of this Preasment or Else 
to Draw In trust for one Year, the Remainder of the Purches money to be 
Pead in two Peaments — First in the (year) 1786, the Next the year 1788. 
Each of these Peamcnts to be mead in October loth the above Bound marey 
Petters and williani Pettcrs asserts to mcak the said Neal Gillcspec a proper 
Rieht for said land for which we have seat otn- hands and Seals. 



(Signed) 



John Ma Cortney. 



her 
'•MARKV XII PETTERS. 
mark. 

his 



"John Nixon. 

"Acknowlcdsred bi-fore THOMAS CROOKS Feb. 25, 178(i." 



•WILLIAM XIX PETTERS. 

mark. 



When and bv Whom Laid ( )ut 



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Hirthplace of Hon. James G. Blaine, West Brownsville 



jA.MES G. BLAIXE'S FATHER. 

After several transfers of the property it, or a large portion of it, fell into 
the hands of Ephraini Lyon Blaine, the father of Hon. James G. Blaine, who, 
after gradiiating at Washington College, married Maria, the daughter of Neal 
Gillespie. He located his residence on the bottom Lands fronting the National 
Pike, on the premises now occupied by J. D. S. Pringle. Later he-btiflt the 
stone house, at the lower end of the town and known as the Blaine House 
where the Hon. James Ci. Blaine was born. 

WHEX AND BV WHOM L.VID OL'T. 



In 1831, Ephraini ]>. Blaine laid otit the original plat of West Brownsville 
which at first contained 103 lots sixty feet wide and varying from 93 to ?70 
feet deep. This variation was caused by the steep hillside that in some 
places was closer to the street than at others, the streets running parallel with 
the river. James L. Bowman, some years later, laid out what is known as 
"Bowman's Addition to West Brownsville," which lies directly north of the 
original plat. It contained 61 lots each 00 feet wide and \'-)l feet deep. 
The popiilation of West Brownsville, did not increase very rapidly, however, 
till after John S. Pringle bought quite a block of the Blaine property and 
established his boat yards that afterwards became so justly famous. 



310 WliLii Incorporated 

^^■ H I-: \ i x r o r p( ) r a t k d . 

West Brownsville was incor])orated as a borough in 1849 and the first 
borough election was held in October of the same year. At this election the 
folic iwing officers were elected: Joseph I'aylor, Burgess; John S. Pringle, 
Leonard Lenhart, Elisha Griffith, Elisha A. Byland, and Joseph D. Wood- 
till, couneilmen: Greenbury Millburn, high constable; Thomas McDonald 
and Robert Wilson, judges of election; Fayette Hart, inspector; William 
White and George Gehoe, clerks. 

At the first meeting of council which was held October 23, 1849, James 
Moffit was ajipointed clerk of the covtncil to serve for the term of one year, 
and at a subsequent meeting held November 13, 1849, John ^Vhitmer was 
appointed street commissioner, and D. D. Whitmer treasurer. 

PRESENT BOROUGH OFFICIALS. 

T!ie present officers of the boroiigh are, 

BuROp.ss; Chris Snyder. 

CouNcn.; Bynm Moffitt, Pres.; Da\id French. David J. Provincv . Harry 
Chamberlain, Wm. Snyder. Wilber Dwyer. 

Secretary Council; Edward Gregg. 

Treasurer: National Deposit Bank. 

Assessors: James Fulton. J. W. Harrison, elect. 

Auditors: E. R. Axton, C. E. Morgan, John Bakewell, John Kaufman. 

Tax Collector: James Fulton. 

Street Commissioner; . 

Justices of the Peace: J. I). S, I'ringle, Chas. E. Eckles. 

School Directors: Thomas MolViti. Pres.; Edw. Gregg. Secy.; George 
Young. David French. Edward Baird. 

ARRIVAL OF TIIF P., V. & C RAILROAD. 

After the boat-lniilding indnstry West Brownsville's next stejj to prom- 
inence was when the V.. Y. iv C. Rnilroad reached it in ISSl. It is a Itranch 
of the Pennsylvania road and was bnill by that company. This was the 
first railroad to penetrate this section of the conntry, and closely followed 
the banks of the Monongahela river from Pittsburg to West Brownsville, 
a distance of {',:] miles from Pittsburg, by the river, and as the road closely 
follows the river, the distance by rail is virtually about the same. The 
advent of this road made of the erstwhile quiet town of West Brownsville, 
a busv and ipopular point, and added much to the revenue of the Mononga- 
hela Bridge Coinpany, as all jnissengers and freight coming to Brownsville 
or Bridgeport by rail were compelled to ccmic across the wooden bridge, 
while all jjasscngcrs and freight from these points had to cross it in gomg. 
This continued for about 22 years till the P. & L. E. and the Pennsylvania 
Railroads jointly built the Monongahela Railroad from Redstone Jc. through 
Brownsville and Bridgeport 

The post office was eslablislied in IS.'jII with Frank Dawson jiostmaster. 
Present postmaster is Bennett Mofhtt who was a])])ointed in 1896. 



Some of West Brownsville's Industries 



311 




Hon. E. F. Achesoii, Congressman Twenty-fourth District 



SOME OF WEST BROWNSVILLE'S INDUSTRIES. 



Aubrey & Son's extensive plaining mills are no^v among the leading indus- 
tries of West Brownsville. This industry was established by .Vuljrey, Cromlow 
&■ Coon, about the year 18.5.") The members of the hrm were Thos. Aubrey, 
Oliver C. Cromlow and E. N. Coon. In 1S()7 Mr. Aubrey sold out to his 
partners and went west. Mr. Cromlow died in 1871 and Mr. Coon soon after 
went into bankruptcy. Robert McKinley, assignee, sold the property to Ada 
Jacobs and James Reynolds, but in 1873, Mr. Aubrey returned from the west 
and again came into possession of the inill shortly afterwards. Under the 
firm name of Aubrey & Son, the business has been successful!}' conducted 
ever since. In June, 1SS3, the ])lant was bunied entailing a loss of about 
.112,000, but was immediately rebuilt. 

In 1881 Porter & Elwood had a sawmill in AVest Brownsville and did 
much sawing for Aubrej- & Son. They continued the business for many 
years and met with exceptional success. 



Biographies of Borough Officials 
(West l^rovvnsvillc) 



James Williams was born in East Bethlehem Township, Washington 
County, Pennsylv^ania, October 18, 1844. He is a son of Joseph and Mary 
(Hann) Williams and was raised on his father's farm receiving his education 
in the common schools of East Bethlehem Township. 

August 1(), ISOl, at the age of Hi years, he enlisted in th'' Washington 
Ca\alry which was afterwards known as Company B of the Ringgold Battalion 
and later as Company B of the 22d Pa. Vohmteer Cavalry. He served till 
the close of the war and then returned to the farm where he remained aboiit 
seven years when he went to railroading. He secured a position as a freight 
engineer and continued to pull the throttle on the P., V. & C. until June 6, 
1003. He then opened up a grocery store in West Brownsville in which 
business he is still engaged. 

Mr. Williams has been a school direeliM" for lifteen consecutive years with 
the exce]}tion of last year and then he lilled, by a])]Kiintment. an unexpired 
term and was again elected at last spring's election. He has served as 
president of the school board for six years. Mr. Williams is a staunch 
Democrat. 

At Brownsville, Pennsylvania, janiuiry lo, ISlWi, he married Ella Britton, 
daughter of (ieorge and Catherine (Laird) Britton. 



David W. French was born in West Brownsville, Washingon Count^^ 
Pennsylvania, October o, iSTt, and received his education in the West 
Brownsville schools. He is a son of Daniel W. and Louisa (McGill) Fi"cnch, 
and since leaving shool has followed the trade of joiner and house carpenter 
at which he has been very successful. 

Mr. French is a Democrat and has served as judge of elections a nmnber 
of times and is at present l)oth a member of the borough council and of the 
board of educatifm. 



Thomas H. Moffitt was boi-n in West Brownsville, Washington County, 
Pennsylvania, Janiiary :;], 183(), and was educated in the West Brownsville 
schools. He is a son of James and EHza (Bennett) Moffitt. 

Mr. Moffitt has conducted a carriage-making establishment in West 
Brownsville most of his life, being in the same business in Pittsburg for a 
short time. Mr. Moffitt has served many terms as judge of election and as 
a member of the borough council, and is now serving his twelfth year as 
president of the school board. 



Geo. H. Young — H. R. Axton 313 

He married Miss Louise Axton, and to this union there have been Vx)rn 
eight children, Charles now at Clairton; James A. now at Duquesne; Edgar 
B., now at Bridgeport, Conn.; Lydia, now Mrs. R. M. Flannegan, of West 
Brownsville; Albert C. of Bridgeport, Pa.; Archie T. now in Pittsburg.; 
Wilbin- S., at home; Jennie Louisa, now the wife of William Liston of West 
Brownsville. 



George H. Young was born in Wellsburg, W. Va., April S, 1,S40, and was 
educated in the Wellsburg schools. He is a son of H. H. and Jane A. (Adams) 
Young and has been a passenger conductor on the P., V. & C. since 1873. 

Mr. Young is a Republican bttt has never aspired to public office though 
his fellow-townsmen elected him a member of the school board and he has 
served in that capacity for the past two years. 

January IS, 1872, Mr. Yotxng married Miss E. V. Porter in Pittsburg. She 
is a daughter of John V. and Mary B. (Barr) Porter. They have five children, 
H. H., George L., Lyda C, Luetta M., and Edith B. 



Emmett Rvman Axto.v, cine of West Brownsville's most prominent young 
men, was born in the old brick house on the banks of the Monongahela river 
to the rear of the house where Andrew Axton now lives, and which was formerh^ 
used for a ferry house for the old Krepps ferry, on the West Brownsville 
side of the river. He was born November 14, 1874, and was educated in. 
the West Brownsville schools, graduating in ISOl. He is a son of Andrew 
K. and Sarah (Pringle) Axton, and was associated with his father in the 
famous Axton & Pringle boat yards of West Brownsville, from the time he 
left school till March 1, 1904, when he and his brother-in-law, Wm, Britton, 
of Washington, Pa,, formed a jiartnershi]) and l)ought the Hotel vSwingle of 
George M. Swingle, changing the name of this popular hostelry to the Hotel 
Lewis. They at once overhauled the house from basement to attic making it 
one of the most neat and commodious hotels in Washington County's capital. 

While living in West Brownsville he served two terms as borough auditor. 
March 25, 1895, he married Nellie, daughter of David J. and Margaret Kathe- 
rine (Sisley) Province, of West Brownsville. They have two children. Cramer 
and Katherinc. 

Charles E. Eckles is a son of J. H. and L.J. (Reeves) Eekles and was born 
in Belle Vernon, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, February 23, 184."). Subse- 
quently his parents moved to Bridgeport and it was in the Bridgeport schools 
and Bridgeport High School that he received his education. 

Mr. Eckles enlisted in the army when but a mere boy and served during 
the war of 1861-5 being promoted td the rank of captain of Company K, l!)9th 
Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, at the age of twenty. Since the war 
Mr. Eckles has served as engineer, carpenter, and bookkeeper, now being with 
the Aubrey Lumber Co., in the latter capacity. He is a Re])ublican but 
has never aspired to office though he was elected at the late s]:)ring election 
as justice of the peace for West Browns\-ille where he resides. 



3U I. W. Harrison — Hvron T. Mollitt 



November '2(i. lS7o. Mr. Kckk-s married Louisa J. McCrory, daughter of 
Samuel and I-^li/.abelh MeC'rory. 'r<i this union there have been born six 
children, two of whom are dead. The living are George, Fanny, Lizzie and 
Samuel. 

J. Wii.i. Hakrisox of West I^mwnsxille, is a son of William Henry and 
Rebecca jane (Holbert) Harrison, and was born in Bridgeport, Fayette 
Coxmty, Pennsylvania, Se])tenil)i'r S, 1 S.ll' and edvieated in the Bridge])ort 
public schools. 

From 1870 to 1893 he followed boat Iniilding and from 1893 to 1904 he has 
been engaged in carjientering for the Aubrey Lumber Co. He served as 
school director of West Brownsville from 1892 to 18;)8 and is assessor-elect 
of West Brownsville at the present time. 

A])ril 2(), 187(), at the Cuniberland Presbyterian ehinxh in Bridgej^ort, 
Pa., Mr. Harrison was married to Miss Esther Pringle. daughter of John S. 
and Sarah (Snider) Pringle of West Brownsville. To this union there have 
been born six children, Xi'llii' P., (leorge S., John W.. Fannie \'. H.. Rebecca 
E., and Sarah E. 



Byron L. Moffitt was born in West Brownsville, Washington County, 
I\imsylvania, March 27, 18.37 and reei'ived his education in the public schools 
of that borough. He is a son of Eri and Annie (McKinlcj^) Mofhtt. 

Mr. Moftitt has worked as machine man in the Aubrey Lumber Com])any's 
mills and for their predecessors for the last twenty-five years. Mr. Mofhtt 
has served as a member of the borough council of West Brownsville for five 
years and is at present ])resident of that body. 

On the ISth day of March, 1884, he married Miss Ella McMillen. daughter 
of Alex, and Lizzie (Harvey) McMillen, and to them have been l)orn five 
children, Walter A., Effie, Bertha, Louie and Alden. 



John Cl.\rexce K.^pf.man was born in ( onnellsxilU', Pennsylvania, Ajiril 
15, 1877 but came to West Brownsville in his childhood days and received 
his education in the fjublic schools of that ]ilace. lie is a railroader and has 
for four years been engineer on the P. \'. X- C. Railroad. Mr. Kaufman is a 
Repul)liean and is at present auditor of the borough of West Brownsx'ille. 

^Vt Voungstown, Ohio, in 19(M, Mr. Kaufman married Miss Ltmda Pro\'ins, 

daughter of and Tobitha (MeCann) Provins and to this union there 

has been Ijorn one child, Chtirles Beauford Kavifman. 



David Jefferson Province is the son of John Alexander and Uphamy 
(Thompson) Province, and was born in German Township, Fayette County, 
Pennsylvania, June 17, bS.'jIi, and reeeixcd his education in the common 
schools of that township. 

Mr. Province has been engaged principally in the hotel bvisiness, having 
run the Monongahela House for some time about 1889, and is now jn-oprictor 



Edw. R. Baird — J. I). S. I'ringle 315 

of the Hotel Aubrey in West Brownsville. He is a Reptiblican but has not 
sought office, though he haj: frequently been called upon to fill municipal 
positions. In 1891 he was elected a councilman in Brownsville, and on 
going to West Brownsville to take charge of the Aubrey, was taken up by 
his freinds regardless of party, and in 1896 elected councilman in West 
Brownsville. He was again elected last spring. 

June 9, 1878, Mr. Province married Miss Margaret Katherine Sisley. 
daughter of J. H. and Martha (Bower) Sisley of Brownsville. To them have 
been born seven children, Nellie, now Mrs. E. R. Axton; Bessie E., now Mrs. 
C. W. Theakston; F. C. J. A., Wanda.. D. J., Jr., and G. W. 



Edward R. Baird was born in Morgantown, Monongalia County, West 
Virginia, January G, 1853, and received his education in the public schools 
of Morgantown He is a son of David A. and Elizabeth (Rigeway) Baird, 
both of Morgantown, West Va. 

Mr. Baird now resides in West Brownsville and has followed railroading 
since 1881. He is a Republican, and while he has never aspired to public 
office, was elected and is now serving as a member of the board of education 
of West Brownsville, Washington County, Pennsylvania, 

December 3, 1874, he married Miss Jennie Mitchell, daughter of Mr. and 
Mrs. Ellis Mitchell of Fairchance, Fayette County, Pa. To them ha\-e been 
born seven children six of whom are still living. They are as follows- 
Anna, now the wife of Harry Burd, of Brownsville; Harry, Grace E., Edith K., 
Bertha V. and Ray, all oi the latter still being at home. 



George W Brock was born in West Brownsville February 20, 1860, and 
was educated in the schools of that borough. He has always affiliated with 
the Republican party and is now serving as constable for West Brownsville. 



John D. S. Prixgle, the son of John S. and Sarah Ellen (Snyder ) Pringle, 
was born in West Brownsville. Washington County, Pennsylvania, February 
3, 1847, and received his education in the schools of West Brownsville and in 
the Iron City College, Pittsburg, Pa. 

Mr Pringle has spent most of his time in the famous Pringle boat yards 
of West Brownsville, first wroking for his father, later as partner with his 
father, and still later as a partner of Andrew Axton. He is a practical ship 
carpenter and helped to make many of the first boats that ])licd on the 
Monongahela and Ohio rivers. (See history of boat building in the Three 
Towns elsewhere in this vokime.) 

Mr. Pringle is a lifelong Republican and has served three terms as burgess 
of West Brownsville, as councilman and as school dirtxtor and is now, and 
has been for a number of years, serving as justice of the peace. 

November 25, 1868, he married Cornelia Deems, daughter of Mary Deems, 
at Centreville, Washington County, Pennsylvania. To this union there 

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316 James M. I'lilion — Harry K. Clianiberlain 

were born seven children: Leah C, May 24, 1871; Arthvir Deems, May 24, 
1873; Sarah V., June 7, lS7r); James G. B., July 8, 1S82; John L., July 22, 
1884; ^Villiam Elnu-r and Mary l':in()r — twins — May 14, 1S92- 



James M. Fui.ton was born in Davis County, Iowa. May 2, 18()1, and is 
a son of Jonathan and Hannah (Smith) Fvilton. His parents moving east 
when he was small, he attcndi-d the common schools of California, Pa., and 
also the (^aliforni;i Normal the lirsl year it was held. In 1871* he moved with 
his parents to west Brownsville, where he has since resided His principal 
occupation has been coal mininu. 

September 9, 1885. he was njiiHiinted ])ostmaster at A\'est Brownsville and 
served for four years. He has also served the borough as school director, 
councilman, assessor, tax collector and bttrgess. He is no^y serving as 
tax collector. 

March 23, 1873, he married Miss .Mice Jackson, daughter of John and 
Elizabeth (Fcasby) Jackson, at Uniontown, Re\-. ^^'. \\\ lliekman. officiating. 
They have had six children. John Henry, ICtta May. Beriha. Charles. Carrie, 
and James Henrv, deceased. 



Harry Kirk Cti.\mhkri..\ix is a son of Elgy and Katharine (McCrory) 
Chamberlain and was born nea.r Bentlevsville Washington Cotm.ty, Penn- 
sylvania, July 11, 1877, but his parents moving to Bridgeport when he was 
small; he received his education in the Bridgeport schools. 

He followed various occupations, but since July 4, 1897, he has been en- 
gaged in the ice, cold storage and produce business. Mr. Chamberlain is a 
Democrat and is now serving his second term as councilman of \\\'st Browns- 
ville and was ])resident of that body last year. 

November 17. 1900. Mr. Chamlierlain was married to Miss Lillian French, 
daughter of Daniel and Louise (Mcliill) French of Allegheny City. Pennsyl- 
vania. Thi'v have two children, Delia and Marguerite. 



WiM.iAM H. SxiHKR, Sr., was born in West Browns\ille. Washington 
County, Pennsylvania, May 5, 18,^8, and reccivc^l his education in the common 
schools of that borovtgh. He is a son of Christ S. and Mary F. (Johnston) 
Snider. Has been a calker and ship carpenter since 1879 and spent most of his 
time in the boat yards of West Brownsville. He has served two years as 
member of the borough cotmcil of West Brownsville. 

July 31, 1889, he married Miss Belle E. French, daughter of Daniel and 
Louise (McGill) French, of Washington, Pa. They have three children, 
Louis F., Wm. H., and Warren C. Snider. 



Wii.BiR DwvER was born August 31. 1872. in West Brownsville, Fayette 
Count V. Pennsvlvania, and received his education in the common schools of 



John Dougherty 317 



that place. He is a son of T. V. and Matilda (Brock) Dwyer. He has spent 
most his time in buying cattle and in running a meat market. 

Dr. Dwyer is a Republican and while he has always taken an interest in 
politics has never asked any official position of his party. Notwithstanding 
this, he has been called upon to till several municipal positions and is now 
serving as borough councilman. 

Mr. Dwyer married Miss Carrie Moffitt at Uniontown, Fayette County, 
Pennsylvania, February 22. 1899. She is a daughter of Mrs. Ella (Snowdon) 
Moffitt. They have three children, Helen V., Howard S. and Ralph Dwyer. 



John Dougherty was born in Clarksburg, West Virginia, June 11, 1S63, 
and received his education in the public schools of that town. He is a son 
of Patrick and Katherine (McGuire) Dotigherty. 

While in West Virginia Mr. Dougherty worked in the coal mines but in 
1888 he inoved to West Brownsville and commenced railroading. This he 
followed for ten years, the last seven as freight conductor on the P. V. & C. 
between Uniontown and Pittsburg. In 1898 he opened a grocery store in 
West Brownsville which he is still conducting with gratifying success. 

Mr. Dougherty was first elected a member of the borough cotmcil in 1896 
for three years and again in 1899 for three years. Last spring he was elected 
for two years and was appointed chairman of the street committee. He is a 
Democrat and stands high in his party. 

He married Miss Haddie L. Herrington. daughter of George and Corine 
(Williams) Herrington of Pittsburg, September 10. 1890. 

Mr. Dougherty is a man of push and energy as well as of good business 
jttdgmcnt, as is attested by the fact that when he struck West Brownsville he 
had the munificent svim of S3. 00 in his pocket, while now he has at least 
two thotisand dollars to cverv dollar he had about sixteen vears ago. 



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Financial Institutions of the 
Three Towns 

TH1-: NATIONAL DEPOSIT BANK. 

The National Deposit Bank was first organized in 1S72 as the Brownsville 
Deposit and Discount Bank, with the following officers; William Cotton, 
President; Samuel Thompson, Vice President; O. K. Taylor, Cashier. The 
first Board of Directors were, William Cotton, Samuel Thomjjson, O. K. 
Taylor, William Worrell. vSamuel Vanlluok, j(;se])h Farf|uhar, Joseph B. 
Wells, Joseph S. Elliott and William li. Miller. 

In 1880 the institution was reorganized under the title of the National De- 
posit Bank, with the following officers: William Cottim, President; Samtiel 
Thompson, Vice President; (). K. Taylor, Cashier. Directors: William 
Cotton, Samuel Thomj^son, O. K. Taylor, Jose])h S. Elliott, Paul Hough, 
William H. Miller and Joseph Farquhar. 

In 1872, they commenced business on Bank Street, Bridgeport, 
adjoining the site of the present elegant heme of the bank, which was 
rebuilt in 11)00 and fittt'd u]) in the most eonv<.'nient manner and furnished 
with all the modern equipments of a lirst-elass banking house in the larger 
cities, including an impregnable \ault on the inside of which doul)le security 
is afforded valuables by strong boxes and safes of the most modern design 
and where there are also nttmerous safe dejiosit boxes, the same as you will 
find in metropolitan banks. 

While the policy of the National Dejxisl Bank is liberal, its interests are 
guarded by experienced financiers, chief among them being O. K. Taylor, 
for a long time ca.shier and now vice ]5resident. and his sen, Samuel E. Taylor, 
the i)resent cashier, father and son ha\'ing held this im]:ortant ];csition to 
the entire satisfaction of the stockholders continuously since the bank com- 
menced business, a little over thirty-two years ago. That the policy of the 
bank has not only been safe, l)ut exceedingly progrcs-sive, is shown by the 
fact that while it has only betn in business a little over thirty- two years, in 
the Roll of Honor of national banks in the United States, it today stands 
first in the town, second in the county, seventh in the state of and thirteenth 
in the United States. The significance of this rating or standing will be 
more fvilly comprehended after reading the following explanation; 

The " Roll of Honor" of the National Banks of the United States is a table 
prepared by "The New York Financier" from the statements made by the 
Comptroller of the Currency, the date chosen being September, the state- 
ments made then being published in a large volume by the GoA-ernment. To 
secure a place on the Roll of Honor, a bank must .show stni)his and tmdivided 
profits equal to or in excess of its ca])ital stock — that is, assmning lhi' eayiital 



The National Deposit Bank 319 

to be one hundred per cent., the profits and surpkis must exceed that per- 
centage. In other words, a Roll of Honor bank has on hand, in the form of 
surplus and profits, an amount larger than its capital. A bank's numerical 
order on the Roll, is based on the percentage of svu^pkis and profits to capital. 

According to the last annual rejaort of the Comptroller of the Currency, 
there were 4,601 banks in operation, under National Charters. Of these, 
only 592 are entitled to positions on the Roll, and to find the National Deposit 
Bank occupying the thirteenth place in this Roll after a career of only thirty- 
two years, is a record of which the officials of the bank and the people of the 
Three Towns may well feel proud. 

The present officials of the bank are, Joseph S. Elliott, President; O. K. 
Taylor, Vice President; Samuel E. Taylor, Cashier; James R. Taylor, Assist- 
ant Cashier. The directors are, Joseph S. Elliott, O. K. Taylor, T. H. Thomp- 
son, E. S. Hackney, Robert W. Thompson, George M. Rathmell, Jackson L. 
Thompson. 

As ftirther evidence of the flattering restilts of the management of the 
affairs of the National Deposit Bank, we publish the following which is the 
report of the bank at the close of business September 6, 1904: 

RESOURCES. 

Loans and Discounts $935,251 . 02 

Overdrafts 3,41 1 . 23 

U. S. Bonds to Secure Circulation 50,000. 00 

Real Estate, Furniture, etc 35,000. 00 

Other Real Estate 2,198.42 

Cash and Exchange ' 189,487 . 01 

Redemption Fund with U. S. Treasurer 2,500. 00 

Total $1,217,847.68 

L LABILITIES. 

Ca])ital Stock $ 50,000. 00 

Surplus Fund 250,000.00 

Undivided Profits 31,031 .29 

National Bank Notes Outstanding 50,000.00 

Dividends Unpaid 2,000. 00 

Deposits 834,810.39 

Total $1,217,847.68 



PRESIDENT OF NATIONAL DEPOSIT BANK. 

Joseph S. Elliott is the son of James Elliott, whose father, William, came 
into Fayette County from Westmoreland County at an early day, and had 
what is now called "the Old Elliott homestead," in Jefferson Township, 



President of National Deposit Bank 



321 




Joseph S. Elliott 



patented. His wife was Ruth Crawforci. They had eleven children. James 
was the fifth child and only son who grew to manhood, and was born in 
Jefferson Township, April 25, 1785, and was a farmer. June 3, 1813, he 
married Mary Cunningham, of Rostraver Township, Westmoreland County. 
They had ten children, "William, James C, Edward J., Robert, Mary A., 
Joseph S., Alexander. Sarah R., and Martha, all of whom grew to inaturity. 

Joseph S. Elliott, was born in the old Elliott homestead, Jefferson Town.ship. 
Fayette Co., Pa., April 18, 1827. His business education gathered froin ob- 
servation and contact with business men, is excellent. He was married Oct. 
7, 1852, to Nancy J. Forsythe. They have six children — William F., married to 
Laura A. Wells; Violette H., married to Joseph A. Cook; Oliphant P., married 
to Dora Grascr; Ida J., married to W. H. Graeser; Eva M., now dead, and 
Gracie F., married to Wm. Woods, Repviblican nominee for the Legislatin'e in 
this county. 

Mr. Elliott spent his early life u])on his father's farm. In 1850 he Ix'gan 
work for himself upon the farm \\-here he now resides, and has e\-er since 



322 The Monongahela National Bank 



been engaged in farming and sloek dealing. He is a shrewd, energetic, 
succcssfvil business man, one of the real business men of the county. He 
makes money and enjoj^s it, and has one of the most comfortable homes in 
the covmty. He has no church record, Ijut is a liberal supporter of all 
causes which he deems worthy. His business status among those who 
know him is as good as need be. He has held the usual township offices 
intrusted to business men in a bvisiness township, and is at present presi- 
dent of the National Deposit Bank of Brownsville. His possessions are 
chiefly stoek.s ami lands. He owns a thousand acres of as good land as there 
is in Western Pennsylvania. He has made his own fortune, with the 
assistance of a most excellent wife, who died in 1003. Mrs. Elliott was a 
lady of rare general intelligence, and had a wider knowledge of the require- 
ments of business life than have most ladies, and had always eagerly united 
with her husband in his variotis enter])rises, while at the same time paying 
special attention to domestic afifairs. 

A lesson for the j^oung men of Fayette County may be gleaned from Mr. 
Elliott's career in the fact that he began with but little means, and contrary 
to Horace Greeley's well-known advice to young men, refused to " go West, " 
he holding that a dollar earned here in a settled country is worth two wroiight 
out in the far West. So he settled down in Jefl"erson Township, and \\-ent into 
debt in the jnirchase, against the jvidgment of his neighbors one and all, of the 
" Tark farm, " feeling that if he cotild not make a great sum of money on it he 
could at least so manage as to make of it a good practical savings bank, which 
would on sale render tip whatever deposits he might make in it; and by ex- 
treme industry, by tact in management, and by possessing himself of and 
applying the best arts of agriculture, under a system of mixed farming, in- 
cluding the raising of sheep for their fleeces, etc., demonstrate that Fayette 
Count}^ is as good a land as any in the West, or an;s'Avherc else, to be at home 
in and grow up to fortune. 



THE MOXONGAHELA NATIOXAL BAXK. 

The Monongahela National Bank had its inception May 12, 181 2, when 
156 business and professional men and farmers of Brownsville and adjacent 
territory, met and signed articles of agreement, binding themselves to "raise 
a fund to assist the farmer, manufacturer, trader, mechanic and exporter 
in the purchase of stich articles as thej'^ raise, manufacture, deal in and ex- 
port, and to associate and form themselves into a companj^ to be called the 
Monongahela Bank of Brownsville." 

Under this agreement the business of the bank was carried on until vSep- 
tember 14, 1814, when a charter was obtained from the state. The first 
election tmder the charter was held October Gth of the same year, and later, 
all the business of the old association was transferred to the chartered in- 
stitution, which retained and did business under the old name. 

Jacob Bowman was the lirsl ])resident and William Troth the first cashier. 
The bank began business under the new charter, December. 1814. in a build- 



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mg on Front Street, whieh it oecupied for nearly sixty years, remo\-inK to a 
more commodious banking house in 1873. 



PRESIDENTS. 



Jacob Bowman served as president of the bank until 1843, when he re- 
signed on account of advanced age, and was succeeded by his son, James L. 
Bowman, who held the position until his death, in 1857. Goodloe H. Bow- 
man served from '57 to '74, and was succeeded by George E. Hogg, who 
served tmtil 1888, when Gibson Binns was elected and hllcd the position until 
1893, when the present incumbent. C. L. Snowdon, was elected. 



CASHIERS. 



William Troth, the first ca.shier, died in 1816, and was sticceeded by John 
T. McKenna, who served until his death, in 1830, when Goodloe H. Bowman 
was elected and served until 1842, when he resigned. His sviccessor was 
David S. Knox, father of our present United States Senator Knox. In 
1872 Mr. Knox died, and was succeeded by William Parkhill, who filled 
the'^position until 1880, when William Ledwith was elected and served until 
1888. W. A. Edmiston was elected July, 1888, and still retains the position. 

BECOMES A NATIONAL BANK. 

In January, 18G4, the institution was reorganized under the re(|uireinents 
of the National Banking Law, as the Monongahela National Bank, with an 
atithorized capital of $500,000.00 and a ]jaid-up capital of $100,000.00. 

WELL-KNOWN PEOPLE CONNECTED WITH IT. 

Many illustrious names have been connected with the bank as ofdcers, 
directors, shareholders, and depositors. The Blaines, Bowmans, Hoggs. 
Conwells! Abrams. Breadings, Ewings, Millers, Browns, Brashears, McKen- 
nas, Bailevs, Binns, Crafts, Crawfords, Clarks, Dawsons, Gallaghers, Snow- 
dons, Goes, Hawkins. Higinbothams, Hancocks, Krepps, Knoxs, Jacobs, 
Johnstons, Lillevs, Marchands, Phillips, Rogers, Stewarts, Sowers, Shumans, 
Stephens, Sweitzers, Thorntons, Taylors, Wests and Woodwards, have more 
than a local reputation as merchants, financiers, lawyers, doctors, educators, 
politicians and statesmen, and all have taken a pride in, and given their best 
efforts to make the Monongahela Bank the strong financial institution that 
it is today. 

NEW HOME. 

The gradual shifting of the commercial interests of Brownsville to the 
Neck, made it necessary for the bank to change its location, and in order to 
accommodate its patrons the present handsome home was erected right in 
the business center. 



"^-^ vSecoiul National Bank 



A MACXII'ICIKNT RICCORD. 



The Monongahcla National Bank is justly proud of its record. Financial 
storms have swept the country time and again during the ninety years of its 
existence, but while other institutions went down in the gales,\he old Mo- 
nongahcla stood firm as a rock. The bank, since it was chartered in 1SI4 
until the present time, has always redeemed its notes in gold. 

The bank began the payment of dividends in Mav. ISi:], and they have 
been paid continuously, without a single break. The bank has paid $1 040 - 
00(),()() in dnuUnds .luring its existence, and in addition, has accumulated a 
suqilus lund nearly ecjual to its capital stock. 

The present officers are, C. L. Snowden, President; H. W Robinson Vice 
President; W. A. Edmiston, Cashier; T. A. Waggoner, TelUr; the directors are 
C. L. Snowden, H. W. Robinson, Dr U ]. Englisli. William Cock Harvey 
J. Steele, Eli Bar, W. A. Edmiston, L C. Waggoner. M. A. Cox. 



SECO.XI) .\.\T1()X.\|. HA.XK OF HROWXSVILLE. 

The Second National Bank was lirst organized as the First National Bank 
on the. imli day of August, 1803, for 19 years. Tlie law under which the 
bank was organized was ajiproved Fel)ruarv 25, ISC,;]. Banks chartered 
under its provision were t., run I'l) ycvirs. But it was ruled by the Treasury 
Department that the 20 years were to run from the day the^Act became a 
law, hence some of the banks first organized were chartered for 19 years 
and among these were the First National Bank of Brownsxille. Afterwards 
the Department reversed its ruling and banks thereafter were chartered for 
the full 20 years. The charter tlurcfoiv of the First National Bank would 
have expired by limitation on tlie lOtli day of August, 1882. The bank, 
howexer, wx^nt inl., voluntary liquidation on the second day of May, 1882.' 
Though the bank was organized in August, as above stated, it did not begin 
to do any business until in November, 1863, on the 24th day. The reason 
for the bank going into %-oluntary licpiidation was to save the expense of 
appointing a receiver to wind up its affairs. This step was taken at the 
suggestion of the Comptroller of Currency. By this plan the entire exjoense 
of winding up its aflfairs was only $250, while if a receiver had been appointed 
it would no doubt have cost the stockholders several thousand dollars From 
this It will appear that the policy adopted was a wise one. There was another 
reason, however, for this step, which may as well be stand here. No law 
at this time was passed by which banks could extend their charter The 
session of Congress was far advanced and it was the opinion of those who 
were in position to know best that no law would be passed during the re- 
mainder of the session. The Comptroller of .the Currency declared that 
such was his opinion, and the one generally accepted in the Treasury Depart- 
ment. These were the reasons that led the Directors to put the bank in 
process of liquidation. The bank did business for alx.ut 18 years and six 



Italian Bank 325 



months, during which time it made and declared to the stockholders 37 semi- 
annual dividends, fom-teen of which were 6 per cent., fifteen o per cent., five 
4 per cent, and three '■> ])er cent. 'I'he 3 per cent, dividends were made during 
the time occupied in building tlie Banking Hotise. The average rate per 
cent, paid t(j the slcekholders during its entire existence was ten and one- 
twelfth ])er cent. It never passed a dividend period without making a divi- 
dend. And in addition thereto a large surplus fund was laid by. The 
nominal surplus fund accumvilated was $48,(100. Ijut from losses it was re- 
duced to $42, .Kid. This large sum was laid by (lut of its earnings after paying 
expenses, the dividends made and the losses paid, on a capital stock of 
$75,000, with only $50,000 for the first two years of its existence. The losses 
were not light, being $44,547.26. Its expense account for the entire period 
of its existence for taxes, salaries, and incidental expenses was $75,001 .62. 
When it closed up, it paid back to each stockholder $156.61 for each $100 
of stock owned. 

The Second National commenced Ijusiness in 18.S2 and has made a wonder- 
ful record of safe, efficient and jirofitablc banking since that time. It now 
has a capital of $l()(),ll()() and a sur])lus and undivided ])roiit account of 
$55,000. 

The present officers of the bank are, S. S. Graham, President; W. J. Stew- 
art, Vice President; M. G. Btilger, Cashier; C. B. Edmiston. Teller. 



ITALIAN BANK. 

Rosie Poletz, Notary Public and Italian banker is also located in the 
"Neck," Brownsville, and does a good business in steam.ship tickets and 
foreign exchange among his manj' countrymen. He has been located in 
Brownsville for many years and is cjuite ])()pular among Americans as well 
as his own people. He also conducts an extensi\-e fruit lousiness, wholesale 
and retail. The fruit business is principally conducted or managed by his 
most estimable wife. 



HUNGARIAN BANK. 

Peter Rutsek's Hungarian Bank recently established does a good business 
among the people of that nationality in this section of the coimty and there 
are many of them. He is located in the "Neck. " It is a branch of a similar 
banking institution at Uniontown. 

SLAVISH BANK. 

J. C. Majerchak eaters te) the wants of the SlaA'ish ]ieo]ile in banking busi- 
ness and is also agent for various steamshiji lines. He does a large exchange 
business as do all the foreign bankers. His bank is located in Postoffice 
building, Brownsville. 



Educational History 



First Schools and Early Educators — Ixconvexienxes of our Fore- 
fathers IN Securing an Education — Brownsville Schools in Olden- 
Times — Present Schools, School Buildings and Teachers — List 
OF Pupils Now Attending Schools in the Three Towns with Group 
Pictures of all the Rooms — Pictures of County Superintendents 
AND Teachers. 



BROWNSVILLE SCHOOLS A CENTURY AGO. 

On the sjjot ■which is now (>ccu])ie<l by the rectory of Christ Church, there 
stood, about a century ago, a small frame building, erected by subscription 
as early as 1805 or perhaps even earlier than that, which was the first house 
in Brownsville erected expressly for school purposes. Previous to this, small 
schools had been taught in private residences. The earliest of whom we can 
learn , was a Mr. DeWolf , who seems to have been succeeded by Rev. Wheeler, 
a Baptist minister. A Mr. Scott also seems to have taught school in Brown- 
ville about that time. Robert Aj'ers, James Johnston, a Mr. McConnell, 
Edward Byrne, Dr. Samuel Chalfant, Joshua Gibbons, and William Y. 
Roberts were also among the early teachers in Brownsville. 



FIRST SCHOOL HOUSES. 

The first school house erected for exclusive school purposes ttnder the 
school law of 1S34, was built in 1S3G. It was located on Church Street near 
the present Union school building. Another schoolhouse was built on the 
public grounds on Front Street, opposite the residence of N. B. Bowman. 
The Town Hall'was also used for school purposes as appears by the i-ecords. 



YOUNG LADIES' SEMI.XARY. 

A Miss Crawford had a Yovmg Ladies' Seminary in the Town Hall about the 
year 1843. The first Union school building was erected about the breaking 
out of the war of the rebellion at a cost of over $10,000. G. L. Osborne was 
the first principal in the new building. 

Mrs. Charlotte Smyth conducted a Young Ladies' Seminary in the old 
stone house once occupied by George Boyd. She commenced in 1866 and 
continued for about five years. 



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List of Teachers and Pupils 



PRESENT TEACHERS A\D PUPILS. 



ROOM No. L 



Teacher, Miss Jessie Robinsox. 



Addis. Lizzie 
Addis, Francis 
Barish, Charley 
Burkhart, Howard 
Cross, Jones 
Calleus, Elmer 
Crable, Russell 
Crable, Wallace 
Crable, Wendall 
Cushenberry, Eddie 
Chew, Ray 
Claybaugh, Louis 
Cross, Charlie 
Crable, Flo 
Cline, Agnes 
Cunningham, Agatha 
Cherry, Pauline 
Crable, Cassy 
Crable, Jane 
Davis, Charlie 
Frank, Chas. 
Fisher, William 
Gabler, Harold 
Glover, Harry 
Hicks, Stanley 
Hill.Mathew" 



Hall, Eliza 
Horkey, Anna 
Hill, Nelia 
Harrison, Effie 
Iker, Harry 
Iker, Clarence 
Johnston, Lizzie 
Jones, Lizzie 
Koon, Flo 
Labin, James 
Luda, Elizabeth 
Luda, Matilda 
Lash, Margaret 
Meese, Louis 
Madera, Bruce 
McMillan, Cora 
Marchon, Lizzie 
Rankin, Cary 
Rankin, Francis 
Stawn, (\ithryn 
Sekedo, Mary 
Smith, Leuda 
Schaffer, Helen 
Wetzel, Robert 
Watson, Hobart 
Wyley, Priscilla 
Yates, Bert 



ROOM No. 2. 



Tk.\ciikr, Miss Nora Craft. 



Bennett, Lea 
Crable, Audlcy 
Crable, Kennedy 
Crable, Orziela 
Davis, James 
Davis, David 
Duflf, James 
Fredina, Peter 



Falcone, Batist 
Falcone, Mary 
Frank, Wendall 
Fox, Jane 
Garrad, Bernard 
Glover, Clarence 
Greaves, Athel 
Hormell, Graham 



List of Teachers and Pupils 



329 



Hyatt, Kathryn 
Horkey, Velma 
Inghram, George 
Inghram, Grace 
Inghram, Pearl 
Jones, Joe 
Johnston, Andy 
Jones, Dave 
Lash, Ellen 
Muler, George 
Muler, John 
Meese, Lottie 
Meechem, Helen 



Marks, Helen 
McCoy, Nora 
Niel, Frank 
Patterson, Howard 
Pastorius, Ellen 
Roher, Charlie 
Spiker, Elmer 
Strawn, Caroline 
Smith, Mary 
Stannard, Margaret 
Swan, Katie 
Swan, Martha 
Vickcrs, Nellie 



ROOM No. 3. 
Teacher, Mrs. Effie Shaw 



Brashear, Donald 
Crable, Evert 
Carmack, Graham 
Chalfant, Alex 
Coulter, Carolin 
Coulter, Margaret 
CuUens, Gertie 
Cox, Grace 

Cushenberry, Madeline 
Dulualy, Kathryn 
Gregg, Flint 
Fisher, Florence 
Hicks, Acle 
Herky, Steve 
Inghram, Anna 
Joliff , Fallie 
Lynch, Bernard 
Long, Sarah 
Ledwith, Mary 
Meese, Frank 
Moorhouse, Eddie 



Marchion, John 
Marchion, Mary 
Mardorff, Mary 
Meese, Helen 
Madera, Helen 
Marks, Wilda 
Pastoriotts, MoUie 
Ross, Hazel 
Ramage, Dester 
Smith, Steven 
Smothers, Espy 
Stevenson, Martha 
Scott, Mary 
Smalley, Lillian 
Taylor, Nevil 
Wiley, George 
Wordman, Thos. 
Wheeler, Charlie 
Whetzel, Edna 
Watson, Helen 



ROOM No. 4. 
Teacher, Miss Kate Mechem 



Baker, Rea 
Burkhart, Bessie 
Barish, Ausly 



Daugherty, George 
Dusenberry, Ina 
Fox, Willie- 







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liROWNSVlLLK vSCHOOL TEACHERvS 




Kate Mecheni 
Mary Johnson 



Jessie Robinson 

Prof. C. Gregg Lewellyn 

Flora McCiinty 



Mrs. I'.ffie .Shaw 
Nora Craft 




a, If I' 



4- ■> 



I 



List of Teachers and Pupils 



341 



Fox, Sarah 
Hardwick, Avidley 
Harrison, Russell 
Honesty, Adam 
Hibbs, Silvia 
Hall, Mary 
Harrison, Elizabeth 
Iker, Anna 
Johnston, George 
Jones, Dave 
Jacobs, Kathryn 
Long, Charlie 
Long, Willie 
Long, Fred 
Labin, Thomas 
Linn, Mable 
Luft, Katie 
Meechem, Frank 
McMantis, Leo 
Meese, Isaac 



Mason, Robert 
Marshall, Celia 
McAllecsc, Clara 
McManus, Theresa 
Mason, Eleanor 
Porter, Elizabeth 
Richie, Helen 
Snowdon, Mary 
Smallcy, Ruth 
Sleicker, Dot 
Spiker, Anna 
Sharratt, Katie 
Smothers, Ada 
Thomas, Grace 
Thomas, William 
Whetzel, Claud 
Whetzel, Winnie 
Whetzel, Nelson 
Wheeler, Mary 
Watson, Marie 



ROOM No. 5. 



Teacher, Miss Flora McGixty. 



Ambrose, Temp. 
Bowman, John 
Bea, Jonny 
Barish, Mary 
Bownian, Ella 
Curl, Sadie 
Claggctt, Martha 
Ci-able, Ellen 
Fear, Hazel, 
Greaves, Nora 
Huston. Smith 
Hicks, Hettie 
Hormell, Sara 
Johnston, Annie 
Kennedy, Stanley 
Kisinger, Lillian 
Labin, Alex 
Labin, Richard 
Ledwith, Margaret 
Movers, Karl 



Madera, Mary 
Roher, Wallace 
Snowdon, John 
Smith, Elgia 
Snowdon, Rosa 
Trclish, Wm. 
Taylor, Oliver 
Thomas, Bessie 
Murray, Jatnes 
Tredius, Rosa 
Underwood, Aquilla 
Underwood. John 
Viekers, George 
Yickers, John 
Washington, Lawrence 
Waugaman, Ezra 
Williams, Mamie 
Williams, Kitty 
Webb. Bessie 
Zimmer. Edna 



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List of Teachers and Pii])i]s 



ROOM No. G. 
Tkaciieu, Miss Awa Kisinc.kr. 



Baird, Ilckn 
Cox, Lillian 
Che\s', Luc}'- 
CuUcns, Frank 
Caryell, Frank 
Crable, Rob 
Campbell, Earl 
Camjibell, Carl 
Crable, Clara 
Corey, Beatrice 
Fisher, Mary 
Gabler, Louise 
Gregg, Marie 
Grafinger, Blanche 
Hibbs, Margaret 
Hibbs, Genevieve 
Hick, Howard 
Inghram, Fit a 



high ram, Riilh 
Jones, Tommy 
Koon, Russell 
Kirker, Duncan 
Kirker, James 
Ledwith, Wm. 
Mason, Margaret 
Mcese, Theresa 
Meechem, John 
McAleese, James 
Moorhouse, Nelson 
Porter, Alice 
Paluig, Dale 
Pastorius, Frank- 
Shaw. Helen 
S])iker, Clyde 
Whetzel, John 
Williams. Russell 



ROOM No. 7. 
Teacher, Miss Marcaket Imsiiburx. 



Baird. Charley 
Baker, Nellie 
Claggett, Helen 
Cullens, Chella 
Chadwick, Mattie 
Dawson, Beatrice 
Fox, George 
Gribble, Allison 
Gabler, Willie 
Hutton, Earl 
Hyatt, Haze! 
Hawkins, Gertrude 
Kisinger, Arlie 
Labin, Mathew 



Marshall. Katie 
Mardorff, Paul 
McMillan. Katie 
Porter, Duncan 
Polety, Thomas 
Pastorious, Pearl 
Ross, Fanny 
Roberts, Blanche 
Snyder. Elmer 
Sniiwdcm. Junior 
Steele, Lawrence 
Thomas, Jessie 
Whetzel, Homer 
Zunier, Bertha 



Bricker, Olive 
Bowman. Marv 



ROO.M No. 8. 
Teacher, Miss Mary Johxsox. 



Breekenridge, John 
Cherrv, Mary 



Two I^eaves From a Ledger 



343 



Donaldson, Thomas 
Gabler, Raymon 
Gabler, Elsie 
Garrad, Albert 
Gribble, Ina 
Gregg, Aubrey 
Hibbs, Edith 
Htiston, Holmes 
Huston, McCread}' 
Hyatt, Walter 



Long, Mary 
Medley, Edith 
McCullough, Charlotte 
McAleese, Anna 
Meechem, Blanche 
Power, Elsie 
Stiveson, Bessie 
Taylor, Alan 
Whetzel, Ada 



ROOM No, 9. 

Teacher, Prof. C. Gregg Lewellyn, Principal. 
Graduating Class. 



Coldren, Will 
Movers, Goldic 



Hawkins, Delia 
Risbeck, Frank 



TWO LEAVES FROM A LEDGER. 

The following from a ledger of Daniel N. Robinson, shows entries during 
1833 and from it some idea can be formed of the princely salaries paid teachers 
at that date. The entries are self-explanatory; 
1835. DR. 

To Cash paid Misses Crawford for three Mo. teaching $60.00 

" Mrs. Coulter ' " 30.00 

" Miss Craven ' " 36 . 00 

" David Clark " " " " 72 . 00 

" AV. B. Rose " " " " 72.00 

" I. C. Gamble " " " " 48.00 

" " Rent of School Room to Mrs. Rogers 5.25 

" D. Clarke Ditto 6.25 

" Mrs. Coulter " 3 . 25 

Misses Crawford " 5 . 38^ 

" " Miss Craven " 3 . 75 

" Geo. Hogg & Co. for two Blank Books 37i 

" " Cash remaining in Treasury 38. 11 



$380.37 



1836. 

April 25. To allowance for disbursing at the rate of ten dollars 
per year to be computed only for the length of time the 
School continues for three months, this vear $2. 50 



344 Two Leaves I'roiii a Ledger 



1835. CR. 

By this term from W. Wilkinson $ 1 .80 

" from E. Abrams, Coll 43 . 00 

" " 27 . 00 

" 25 . 00 

" donation from 'rhis])ian Society 5.00 

" from Crawford County Treas. State Appropriation 83.07 

from Crawford County in part of County Appropriation. . 100 . 00 

" E. Abrams, Coli 31 . 00 

' ' 5.00 

28 00 

" " " " 31.50 



380.37 



1830. 

April 25. By cash remaining in Treasury $38. 1 1 

D.-\N N. RoBixsox. Treasurer, E. E. 

April 25th, 1S3(). 



BIOGRAPHY OF PRINCIPAL 

Prof. C. Gregg Lewellyn, now the jjopular and efficient principal of the 
Brownsville public schcxils, was born in Masontown, Pennsylvania, June 23, 
1874, and is a son <jf L, E. and Sarah Ellen (Hague) Lewellyn. He received 
his education in the public schools of his native borough, in the California, 
Pa., Normal schools and in the Indiana, Pa., Normal, and has followed teach- 
ing continuously since graduating from the latter institution. 

Professor Lewellyn has sviccessfully held the position of principal in the 
schools of Elco, Granville, West Newton High School, and is now serving a 
three-year term as principal of the Brownsville schools. 




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346 Excelsior Literary Society 



KxciCLsioR liti:r.\rv society. 

One of the most popular and atlivi.- literary societies tliat ever held the 
boards in this section of the country, was the Excelsior Literary Society that 
was organized in Brownsville in 1868. Shortly after the society was organized 
they repaired to the art studio of John Henry Rod gers where W. D. Pratt is 
now located, and had a group picture taken. For one of these pictures we are 
indebted to Misses Enieline and Annie Lindy, now Mrs. Welch. 

T. JelT Duncan was principal of the schools at that time and was President 
of the society. ^liss Ivnieline Lindy was Secretary. They had a large and 
well selected library for the use of members of the society and met each week 
in the school building to discuss the leading topics of the day and settle with 
eloquence and logic, mooted questions. 

The following are the names of the members at the tine the above picture 
was taken, and now : 

Row 1. Top reading from kit to risrht: 1, Ht-niiet Moffilt: 2. Roland Nclan (l)ccca.sed); 

3, Albert Swinuler. 

Row 2. 1, Miss Celia Patterson; 2. Ed Winn: .S, Jos. Waggoner; 4, Albert Coburn; 5, John 
Brown; 6, Miss Jennie Adams, now Mrs. Frank Adams. 

Row 3. 1, Miss Sadie Huston, now Mrs. Joe I'atton: 2, M. C. Mitchell: 3, William n.\land; 

4, Miss Kmeline Lindy; 5, Miss Annie l.indy, now ;Mrs. Robert Welsh: (1, William 
Porter (Deceased); 7. Mi.ss Caroline Porter. 

Row 1. 1, Charles Crawford; 2, Miss Lizzie Wright, now Mrs. Arthur Swearer; 3, T. Jeff 
Dinican: 4, Newton Porter; 5, John Wise. 

Row 5. 1, Miss Kate Herd, married Robert Graham (Deceased); 2, John Winn; 3, Seaborn 
Crawford (Deceased); 4, William Weaver (Deceased): ,S, James M. Aubrey; 6, Charles 
Crawford; 7, Miss Mary Huston, now Mrs. John liooth. 

Row 6. 1, Miss Carrie Bell; 2, James Bell; 3. Jeremiah Dawson: 4. John Booth: 5 Samuel 
Crawford; 6, Mi.ss Lizzie Wilkin.son. 

Row 7. 1, Bowman Sliuman; 2, J. D. S. Pringle: 3, CharUs Church. 



BIOGRAPHY OF PRINCIPAL 

Prof. J. F. Snyder, the present efficient principal of the Bridgeport schools, 
is a son of L B. and Mary (McCall) Snyder, and was born in Foxburg, Clarion 
County, Pennsylvania, June 21, 1872. Shortly after this his jjarents moved 
to Cooperstown, Venango County, Pennsylvani;i, where he attended the 
public schools and laid the foundation for his future educati( >nal work. 

After completing the course in the common schools, he took a course in the 
Clarion County Normal school, graduating froin that institution in 1893. 
He then taught school for several terms and next entered Bucknell University 
from which he graduated in 1899. 

In 1900 Professor Snyder was principal of the Monongahela schools and in 
1901 he came to Bridgeport and assumed the duties of the principalship of 
the schools of this borough which position he has ever since filled with entire 
satisfaction to the patrons of the schools and honor to himself. 

Professor Snyder is a close student and devotes much of liis time to re- 
search. He has also invaded the field of invention and has de\-eloped se\-eral 
useful and ingenious mechanical devices. 



Bridgeport Schools 



For some years after small scho(;ls had Viegun to be taught :it irregular 
intervals in Brownsville, Bridgeport had none, and consequently during that 
period such of the scholars of the last-named place, as attended school at all, 
were compelled to cross Dnnlap's Creek to do so. 

QUAKERS THE PIONEERS IN SCHOOLS. 

The first schools of Bridgeport were opened under the auspices of the Friends 
who lived there, and the earliest teacher of whom any knowledge can be 
gained at the present day was Joel Oxley, a Quaker, and a man of no little 
fame as a mathematician, who taught in a building that stood near the site 
of the Eclipse Mill. Another very early teacher w'as Eli Haynes. Joshua 
Gibbons spent fully sixty years of his life in educational employment, teach- 
ing every year except when serving as county superintendent of schools, 
which office he filled for four terms of three years each, commencing as the 
first superintendent of the county tmder the school law of 1850. Two of his 
sons, James W. and Henry, are also successful teachers. 

FIRST SCHOOLHOUSE. 

Not only were the Quakers of Bridgeport the first to ()]jen a school in 
the town, but the fact is also to be recorded that the first building erected 
here especially as a schoolhouse was built by members of the Society of 
Friends, on their grovmds en Prospect Street. One of the teachers in this 
old stone house was Eli Hajmes. above mentioned. 

The earliest reference to a schoolhouse fovmd in the borough records of 
Bridgeport is under date of Jan 1st, 1815, being mention of the amount to 
be yjaid '"to Israel Gregg for the expense of purchasing a l(jt and building a 
schoolhouse on Second Street, and to procure a deed and have it executed 
on behalf of the corporation.'' The schoolhouse here referred to was on the 
29th of May, 1823, rented by the Council to John Stump for the term of three 
months, to be used for teaching a " stibscription school," and on the 8th of 
September in the same year the borough schoolhouse (without doubt the 
same building referred to above) was rented to Charles VanHook for the term 
of six months. 

March 25, 1824, the schoolroom was rented to James Reynolds for three 
months; but, on the 21st of A]:)ril following, he declined using it, and re- 
signed the privilege which had Ijcen granted to him. Three days later, Joel 
Oxley "requested the privilege of the use of the schoolhouse as a schoolroom 
for two years from the first day of May next," and on this application " the 
Burgess was directed to lease the same to Joel Oxley for the above term. 
reserving the customary jirivileges of the Council and to the Methodists as 
a Meetinghouse." 

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348 School Directors Appointed I'nder Law of 1.S34 

October S, 1S2S, "Major King and James Reynolds ajjplied for the use of 
the schoolhouse" and the privilege was granted Reynolds, 

SCHOOL l)IRi:CT()RS APPOINTED U\I)I:R 'ITIl': LAW OF 1834. 

Under the public school law of 1834 the covirts of the several counties in 
the state appointed school directors for each township district. x\t the 
January term of Fayette County Court, in 1835, Caleb Bracken and Joshtia 
Wood were appointed as such officers for Bridgeport. On the loth of June 
following the Borough Council took action, ordering a tax of twenty-five 
cents on the $100, to be levied for the use of public schools, in addition to the 
tax levied by the comity commissioners for that ])ur])ose. Augtist 13, 1835, 
the township of Bridgeport complied with the rc'ciuiremcnts of the law, and 
so notified the covin ty treasurer. The amount of money received from the 
State in that year for school purposes in BridgeiJort was ?:^U.78; received 
from the county of Fayette, $97.56. 

SECOXD SCHOOLIIorSF.. 

On the 6th of May, 1837, the Council took into consideration the qviestion 
"of erecting a building on the west end of the Market Hovise, to answer the 
double purpose of a Town Ilall iind Sehnol-IIouse for the Borough," and 
a committee was appointed to act with the school directors in the matter, 
the Council agreeing to pay $200 toward the erection of the building. The 
committee contracted (June 6, 1837) with Joel Armstrong to build the hall 
and schoolhouse and on the 23d of A]>ril, 1838, the Council transferred the 
schoolhouse and lot to the school directors. 

THE UNION SCHOOL lUlLDlNG. 

In this old l)uilding the schools of the borough were taught until they were 
transferred to the present Union Schoolhouse, which was built in 1852-53, 
on a lot which w^as purchased for $400, located on Prospect Street, and being 
part of the grounds occupied by the old Friends schoolhouse. The cost of 
the Union Schoolhouse was $2,948.90, and of the furniture and fixtures, 
$1,150.85; making with the cost of the lot a total of $4,499.75. From No- 
vember 1854, the old stone schoolhotise was used for the schooling of colored 
pupils vmtil 1875, when it was demolished and a new brick schoolhouse 
erected on the same lot. 

HRii)rii:p()R r il\s i-ikst ok.xded schools. 

A history of the Three Towns schools wovild not be complete without special 
mention of the fact that here were organized the first graded schools west 
of the Alleghenies, except in Pittsburg and that immediate vicinity, and that 
grand and efficient teacher. Prof. L. F. Parker, jiresided over them. 



Bridgeport Has l''irst Graded School 349 



The first graded schools of Bridge])ort commenced in Sejilember, ISoS. 
with Prof. Parker as principal. The move attracted imiversal attention 
aiid no little adverse criticism. Bridgeport was not a large town at that 
time and there were many who predicted failure. They said that if you get 
such a large crowd of boys together in one building they would be unmanage- 
able, and in fact would tear the building down. Their predictions did not 
prove correct, however, as Prof. Parker held the reins with a steady hand 
and the result was a grand success. He was backed by such men as the 
large hearted John Herbertson, the ([uiet, clear-headed Quaker, Dr. M. O. 
Jones; J. M. Carver, who thought much and said little; Mr. Leonard, the hard- 
working miller down on Dunlap's Creek; Robert Jones, who had time for his 
paper, for politics and for the school ; and many other equally good and true 
men. Those named were directors, however, and were more closely identi- 
fied with the establishing of the graded schools. 

The assistant teachers in this first graded school also deserve much credit' 
Among them were Mr. Thos. Page an elderly man who did excellent service; 
in the more advanced rooms were such young ladies as Miss Jones from 
Brownsville, as cheery as a stmbeam; Dorrie Jones, who could exhibit the 
best that was in her pupils; Rebecca Krepps, dignified as a princess, exact 
and compact in every word and thought; Virginia "Morgan of Morgantown, 
and Mary Jane Henderson, all remembered with honor. There was also 
Sabina Hopkins, whom the scholars liked so well that they asked the privilege 
to call her "Bina," but finally compromised on "Teacher," and Mrs. Parker, 
who was a universal favorite. 

Bridgeport, herself, sent into the upper rooms of this graded school, many 
pupils who have rose to prominence. Among them may be mentioned, 
Harry S. Bennett, later and for many years a college professor; John Mason, 
afterwards a Chicago business man; J. Gibson Wood, later a lawyer in Topeka; 
William Bennett, two of the Gormleys, Thomas Hojjkins. still in business 
at Iowa Falls, Iowa; Michael Drum, the eloquent orator, and others. 

There graduated from the u])per room, too, such prominent young ladies 
as Mary Bennett, Sarah Bennett, Edith Bennett, Emeline Lindy, who shortly 
afterwards commenced teaching in the Bi'idgeport schools and continued 
with unparalleled success for fifty-one years, and finally refused to accept 
the position any longer, retiring last year. There was also Martha Fuller 
and a long list of others that can not here be named. 

From abroad came such scholars as Boyd Crumrine of Washington County, 
Thomas H. Wilkinson and Samuel Knox of Brownsville, Emmon Miller and 
his sister Ruth Anna Miller, the Darlingtons from the south edge of town, 
Helen Robinson, daughter of Dr. Robinson of Uniontown. 

Prof. Parker was urged to run for County Sujierintendenl in l8o4 when that 
office was first established. While he had not been in tlie State long 
enough to fill the office having come here fromOberlin, Ohio, the previous 
September, it was argued that the tiuestion could be delayed till he had 
completed a year's residence in Fayette County, and then get the State 
Superintendent to appoint him. lie accepted the nomination but was 



TEACHERS, UNION SCHOOL, BRTDCEPORT 




M.irgaret Sproul 
Anna Wilkins 



IvUa Dcl.aney 

EHzabelh Bakewcll 
Prof. J. F. Sn.vder 

Mrs. T. A. Jcffrie.s 

May Smiley Mary Martin 



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List of Teachers and Pupils 



defeated by Joshvia V. Gibbons, who thus became the first county superin- 
tendent of schools of Fayette county, and who is well remembered by many 
of the older people of this section and particularly in educational circles. 

Prof. Parker is now in Grinnell, Iowa, where he has been ever since he left 
here in 1850, flfter holding the position of principal of the Bridge])ort graded 
schools for three yeai"s. And while many j-ears have passed since he and his 
most estimable wife tvirned their faces toward the setting sun, they are still 
remembered and honored by many old friends among the hills of the Keystone 
State. 

LIST OF TEACHERS AND PUPILS. 

ROOM No. L 

Teacher, Miss Axn.\ Wilkins. 



Arnette, Wayne 
Acklin, Rubie 
Adams, Redas 
Ansley, Samuel 
jVlcorn, Merle 
Borsodi, Lizzie 
Borsodi, Andy 
Borsodi, Joe 
Bowman, Irvin 
Brown, Irvin 
Bake well, John 
Cumpson, Caroline 
Cock, Hettie 
Crabel, Jane 
Cope, Russell 
Cibrickle, Frank 
Dillon, Catharine 
Dewar, Clara 
Davis, Margaret 
Douglas, Helen 
Daugherty, Olivia 
Daugherty, Allen 
Everly, Nova 
Florence, Deuayne 
Free, Charles 
Gue, Mary 
Gillon, Sadie 
Gribble, Eleanor 
Gombar, Thomas 
Gristofinal, Ida 
Higgins, Mae 



Honesty, Belle 
Hacket, McKinley 
Hutlas, Mary 
Harm .Virginia 
Higinbotham. Colvin 
Joliff, George 
Johns, Hugh 
Jones, Carrie 
Johns, Helen 
Jeffries, Margaret 
Jackson, Celia 
Krieg, Arthur 
Larue, Elmer 
Lucus, Thomas 
Lucus, Andrew 
Manning, Delia 
Manning, Ora 
Mitchell, Mildred 
Milliken, Fredrick 
Marinelli, Frank 
Moffitt, Marjoi-ie 
Moffitt, Durbin 
Mcintosh, William 
Minehart, Willie 
Montsier, Garret 
Orr, Robert 
Robinson, Harry 
Robinson, Leland 
Rickard, Patiline 
Rickard, Lenore 
Renolds, Harry 



List of Teachers and Pupils 



363 



Ross, Arthvir 
Ross, Luca 
Secrest, Blanche 
Sorrell, Sheridan 
Smith, Willie 
Smith, Lela 
Simpson, Wallace 
Strickler, Naomi 
Thompson, Samuel 



Taylor, E. Elizabeth 
Vinccjueirro, Charley 
Vliet, Edna 
Vliet, Lydia 
Winwood, Henrietta 
Weston, Frank 
Walters, Clarence 
Willson, Wilbur 
Wargo, John 



ROOM No. 2.: 



Teacher, Miss Mary Martin. 



Allison, Willard 
Artman, Irvin 
Burnett, Aubrey 
Bulger, Kenneth 
Black, Joseph 
Berry, Samuel 
B olden, Grant 
Butler, Maurice 
Brown, Olive 
Cumpston, Patil 
Chalfant, Helen 
Cock, Lina 
Carpenter, Blanche 
Dorigtizsi, Joseph 
Davison, Jennie 
Dillon, Rebecca 
Daugherty, Sarah 
Eckles, Jesse 
Free, Bertha 
Gue, John 
Gribble, Elizabeth 
Gray, Celia 
Gue, Mamie 
Gihe, Ruth 
Guesman, Ethel 
Higgins, Sheridan 
Harden, Ollie 
Hitlas, Martin 
Hart, Melissam 
Johns, Carlton 
Johns, Orpah 
Kisner, Elmer 



Leonard, Sara 
Mull, Lewis 
Marshall, Henry 
M inch art, George 
Marnelli, Alfred 
Magee, Charles 
Moore, Ellen 
McHale, Marie 
Martin, Garnet 
0'Dt)nnell, Florence 
Pendleton, Cornelius 
Pierce, Ruth 
Pirl, Elmer 
Robinson, Carlton 
Rathmell, John 
Sampson, Wendell 
Smith, Susie 
Secrest, Holmes 
Smith, Harold 
Stefifer, Emile 
Springer, William 
Smith, Marie 
Smith, Helen 
Simpson, Emma 
Stevenson, Jennie 
Underwood, Elliott 
Wilson, Dearth 
Woods, Willie 
Winwood, Edith 
Winwood, Anna 
Woods, Helen 
Wetzell, John 



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I-ist of Teachers and Pupils 



ROO.M Xu. 3. 



Teachkr, Mrs. T. A. Jeffries. 



Anderson , Williard 
Berry, Joseph 
Black, Lewis 
Black, Rebecca 
Baker, John 
Carpenter, Catherine 
Couse, Catherine 
Cope, Clyde 
Coco, Alice 
Crawford, Margaret 
Cumpston, Minnie 
Dyson, Rose 
Dyson, Cora 
Davis, William 
Davis, Eva 
Florence, Olive 
Fen wick, Joseph 
Gray, Clarence 
Gregg, Bertha 
Greene, Jessie 
Gue, Agnes 
Gombar, Albert 
Racket t, Jean 
Hackett, Henry 
Hackett, Georgia 
Haikin, George 
Inghram, Anna 



Jeffries, Helen 
Jeffries, Thomas 
Kisner, Sarah 
Kenney, Thomas 
Lancaster, Joseph 
League, Charellotte 
Levy, Julius 
McGaroy, Willie 
Mason, Robert 
O'Donnell, Louis 
Patton, Duncan 
Patterson, Myrtle 
Prunty, Harry 
Rockwell, OlHc 
Simpson, Miller 
Smith, Jean 
vSmith, Robert 
Smith, Margaret 
Story, Earl 
Underwood, Harry 
Whetzel, George 
Williams, Adda 
Williams, Riley 
Williams, Francis 
Worcester, Lelia 
Worcester, Walter 
Wright, Playford 
Washington, L^rvie 



ROOM No. 4. 



Teacher, Miss Lucy Horner. 



Anderson, Fred 
Annett, Charles 
Alcorn, Edith 
Bvtlger, Lawrence 
Bowman, Anna 
Bumry, Julia 
Clawson, Ralph 
Cain, Levon 
Cock, Verie 



Dillon, John 
Douglas, Mary 
Darby, Helen 
Ford, Irwin 
Florence, Mattie 
Gould, Thomas 
Gillie, Ernest 
Garwood, Earle 
Guesman, Lawrence 



List of Teachers and Pupils 



365 



Gains, Mary- 
Honesty, Robert 
Hackett, Lottie 
Hall, Ethel 
Hawkins, Mary 
Hurst, Adelaide 
Jones, Mildred 
Kirk, Harold 
Kisner, Elsie 
Kaiser, Martha 
Leonard, Frank 
Laughery, Lida 
Levy, Bennie 
Manning, B olden 
Minos, Espy 
Mitchell, Russell 
Mason, Robert 
Miles, George 
McKenney, Katherine 



Mcintosh, Alice 
Marin elli, Mary 
Mason, Eleanor 
Orr, Marjorie 
O'Donnell, Mary 
Polleck, Harry 
Reynolds, Frank 
Ritz, Harry 
Smith, .Arthur 
Stiveson, Joseph 
Secrest, Robert 
Smith, Clyde 
Steele, Jane 
Tynes, John 
Thompson, Mary 
Taylor, Allice 
Vincqtieirro, Gactina 
Wick, Bert 
Williams, Donald 



ROOM No. 5. 



Teacher, Miss Elizabeth Bakewell. 



Aubrey, Thomas 
Arnctt, George 
Arnett, John 
Anderson, Romola 
Bolden, Bessie 
Brady, Lizzie 
Brady, Ada 
Carter, Beulah 
Christopher, Edgar 
Cock, Irene 
Crawford, Watson 
Deangillis, Theresa 
Dusenbery, Alice 
Davis, David 
Everly, Earnest 
Farson , Myrtle 
Gould, Boyd 
Gray, Wa ter 
Gaines, Olive 
Hart, David M., Jr. 
Harden, Fred 
Kenny, Bessie 
Kisner, Effie 
Kisinger, Ella, 



Kirk, Freda 
League, Russell 
Labin, Sarah 
Livingston, Sarah, 
Levy, Jessie 
McKenney, Evigene 
Mason, Gertrude 
McClelland, Anna 
Magee, Mazie 
McHale, Lillian 
Patterson, Perry 
Pearsall, Lydia 
Smith, Janet 
Smith, Jessie 
Smith, Harold 
Stephenson, Andrew 
Simpson, Eddie 
Simpson, Birdie 
Vliet, Mamie 
Wilson, Emmitt 
Weston, Carl 
Whetzel, Louis 
Wood, Clarence 



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List of Teachers and ' Pupils 



RUUM Xo. G. 



Teacher, Miss May Smilky. 



Berry, Charley 
Bro\vn, Lace}' 
Brisbane, Agnes 
Butler, Maggie 
Conelly, Margaret 
Craft, Edgar 
Crawford, Britton 
Davis, John 
Dusenberry, josiah 
Farson, Laura 
Flood, Willie 
Flood , Wylie 
Garwood, Frank 
Hart, Wilgus 
Henshaw, Lewis 
Higgins, Bert 
Ingram, Ruth 
Johns, Leola 
Keefer,J.D. 
Kenny, Verner 
Lockeridge, Ruth 
Mason, Harrj' 
Mass}\ Laura 
Manning, Ellen 
Mcintosh, Albert 



Magee, Lee 
Minehart, Holmes 
Milliken, Louis 
Moorhouse, Rose 
Mitchell, Eva 
Patton, Katherine 
Pearsall, Floe 
Pearsall, Hazel 
Perry, Mary 
Pierce, Elgie 
Rathmell, Walter 
Roberts, Charle}'' 
Robinson, Fred 
Sargeant, Marshall 
Springer, Wallace 
Springer, Anna 
Steele, Alice 
Thompson, Chester 
Thompson, John 
Thornton, Mamie 
Vogt, John 
Vleit, Jocob 
Witt, Florence 
Wagoner, Nellie 



ROOOM N( 



Teacher, Miss Margaret Sproi'l 



Alcorn, Ethel 
Anderson, Nora 
Arnette, Sarah 
Brown, Lacey 
Bulger, Florence 
Bumry, Arnold 
Connelly, Margaret 
Cock, Alma 
Chamberlain, Paul 
Dusenberry, Howard 
Fenwock, John 
Gregg, Edward 
Hurst, Julia 



Higginbotham, Margaret 
Jones, Bertha 
Jones, Campbell 
Lanon, Charles 
Labin, Matthew 
Leonard, Ellen 
Mitchell, Ollie 
Milliken, Louise 
Marshall, Jane 
McAlpine, Leta 
O'Donnell, Helen 
Perry, Maud 
Pierce, Elgie 



List of Teachers and Pupils 



367 



Province, David 
Rathmcll, Waller 
Springer, Myrtie 
Springer, Ellen 
Steele, Alice 
Todd, Carrie 



Vliet, Viola 
Wagoner, Nellie 
Worcester, Robert 
Wright, Nannie 
Wilson, Ethel 



ROOM No. 8. 



Teacher, Miss Etta Delaney. 



Adams, Lizzie 
Buniry, Richard 
Conelly, William 
Darby, Viola 
Elliott, Ray 
Florence, Charles 
Green. Florence 
Henshaw, Martha 
Harrison, Fannie 
Herbertson, Edgar 
Jones, Moses 
Kirk, George 
Lockridge, Rtissell 
McGarvey, Anna 
McAlpine, Karl 
Moore, Elisha 



Miller, Charles 
McGill, Denny 
Polleek, Ralph 
Parks, Josephine 
Pringle, Dixon 
Roberts, Flo 
Risbeck, Earl 
Stewart, Mircia 
Steveson, Bessie 
Steele, Sara 
Stewart, Ray 
Thornton, Deiiane 
Wick, Jessie 
Wick, Charlie 
Wells, Boyd 
Wilson, Charlie 



ROOM No. 9. 
Teacher. Miss Alta Curry 



.\lhson, Carrie 
Burnett, Fred 
Craft, Clara 
Daugherty, Nellie 
Gray, Edna 
Hart, Isabel 
Hibbs, Margaret 
Hibbs, Elma 



Kisner, Lizzie 
Lockridge, Ethc^l 
League, Lizzie 
League, Sara 
League, Fannie 
Mcintosh, Edna 
Merray, Alfred 
Smith, Ivmma 



ROOM No. 10. 



Davis, Andrew 
Darby, Lossie 
Dusenberry, Charles 
Grav, Bc^ssie 



Teacher, Prof. J. F. vSxyuer. 

Hatiield, Eli 
Mason, Lelia 
Porter, Louise' 



West Brownsville Schools 



EARLY SCHOOL HISTORY. 

In common with ihc- other towns arotmd. AVcst Browns\illc originally 
taught her schools in such buildings as could Lc rented for the purpose. 
Subsequently two small bviildings were erected for School purposes. For many 
years scholars from that side of the river attended school in Brownsville 
and Bridgeport. 

THE PRESENT SCHOOL HUILDIXG. 

The present commodious and convenient public school building \A'as erected 
in 1870 at a cost of Sti.OOU. H contains six class rooms besides a school hall, 
has a cu])ola and bell and is handsomely furnished and pro]:)erly equipped 
with the modern aids for teaching. 

LIST OF PRESENT TEACHERS AND PUPILS. 

ROOM No. 1. 

Teacher, Miss Fa.nxir Eckles. 



Baird, Ray 
Bevard, Freda 
Cross, Kathryn 
Cross, Margaret 
Dales, Walter 
Dowler, Verner 
Dow'ler, Russell 
Edwards, Charles 
French, Samuel 
Gw'yn, Kirk 
Harrison, Sarah 
Hardwick, Robert 
Holliday, Bertha 
Hollowood, Willie 
Hormell, Alfred 
Hollowood, Ruth 
Johnson, Ida 
Jones, Helen 
Kar, Rose 
Kennedy, Edith 



Kay, (jcorge 
Kay, Mary 
Kress, Margaret 
Lacotta, Joseph 
Leonard, Harry 
Lilley, Ruth 
Lopp, Jessie 
Lopp, Charles 
Lunden, Richard 
Myers, Mary 
Moffitt, Addie 
Morgan, Bryan 
McCullough, Roy 
Nicholls, Lcona 
Nicholls, Willie 
Patterson, Margaret 
Phelps, Row 
Phelps, Miller 
Pasiorius, Howard 



List of Teachers and Pupils 



369 



Pastoritis, Richard 
Reese, Sara 
Resco, Mary 
Storer, Sarah 
Storer, Blanche 



Taylor, Irene 
Taylor, Edward 
Troy, Karl 
Van Riper, Hvigh 
Ward, Louise 



ROOM No. 2. 



Teacher, Miss Etta Storer. 



Axton, Kathryn 
Bakewcll, Freda 
Bevard, Eva 
Carlson, Clifford 
Charlton, Katie 
Dent, Virginia 
Dowler, Ethel 
French, Mamie 
Garwood, Helen 
Gwyn, Harry 
Hormell, Linnie 
Holt, Harry 
Hutton, Edna 
Leonard, Harvey 
Lilley, Willie 
Lesner, Katie 
Lunden, Carl 



Morgan, Dudley 
Moffitt, Louie 
Morris, Walter 
McAllister, Edith 
McAndrews, Harry 
McCullough, Earl 
Patton, Wilda 
Porter, Ruth 
Pursglove, Josephine 
Pursglove, Farnsworth 
Sargeant, Martha 
Stapleton, Clyde 
Snider, Willie 
Taylor, Eva 
Taylor, Dearth 
VanRiper, Sara 
VanRipper, Ellen 



ROOM No. 3. 



Teacher, Miss Ethel Sheplar. 



Baird, Edith 
Baird, Bertha 
Bevard, Alice 
Charlton, Elizabeth 
Cross, Arthur 
Fulton, Carrie 
Gwyn, John 
Harrison, Rebecca 
Holliday, Jennie 
HoUiday, Olive 
Hormell, Naomi 
Johnson, Louclla 
Leonard, Eva 



Lilley, Elizabeth 
Marker, James 
Mofifitt, Adelaide 
Moffitt , Bertha 
Morris, Virginia 
McCullough, Edward 
Patterson, Gussie 
Province, George 
Pursglove, Hester 
Reese, Stacy 
Stapleton, Howard 
Statham, Nellie 
VanRiper, Margaret 



WEST BROWNSVILLE SCHOOL TEACHERS 




Miss Ktta Slorer Prof. Thos. L. Pollock 

Miss Rthel Sheplar 



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List of Teachers and I'upils 



ROOM NO. 1. 
Teaciikr, Prof. Tiiom.as L. Pollock, Principal. 



Clcrbois, Lena 
Cunningham, Warren 
Dewier, NelHc 
Herrington, Belle 
Harrison, Fannie 
Leonard, Elsie 
Marker, Ethel 
Marker, Anna 
McLain, Anna 



McGill, Denny 
Province, David 
Province, Wanda 
Snider, Charles 
Snider, Louise 
Stapleton, Ida 
Troy, Walter 
Wells, Bovd 



BIOGRAPHY OF PRIN'CIPAL. 

Thomas Lazear Pollock is a son of Thomas W. and Harriet Jane 
(Sutterly) Pollock and was born in California, Washington Cotinty, Penn- 
sylvania, April 18, 1880. He received his education in the California common 
schools and in the State Normal at the same place. Mr. Pollock represented 
the California Literary society in the oratorical contest with the Philothenian 
society and won the prize. 

Prof. Pollock has followed teaching ever since he graduated from the 
California Normal. During the winter of 1900-1 he was the principal of the 
AUenport schools. He was vice-principal of the North Belle Vernon schools 
during the winter of 1902-3 and has since then been principal of the West 
Brownsville schools and has met with flattering success. 

Prof. Pollock is a young man of exceptional ability and is not only active 
in educational work btit very popular in educational circles. 




Religious History 

Brief History of Some of the Leading Churches — Bbownsville, 
Bridgeport, West Bbownsville, Uniontown and Country Dis- 
tricts — Pictures of Pastors and Church Edifices — Pioneers in 
Christian Work in Western Pennsylvania. • 

BROWNSVILLE CHURCHES. 

CHRIST church. 

The district and country about Brownsville was settled originally by 
emigrants principally from Maryland and Virginia, many of whom had been 
reared in the principles and forms of the Episcopal Church, and hence brought 
with thein their predilections for the same. This is evident from the fact 
that several log churches were built by the early settlers in this section for 
the purpose of retaining the services of the church among them, and trans- 
mitting the same to their descendants. As these buildings, however, were 
never occupied except by itinerating clergymen, and rarely at that, the in- 
terests of the people gradually declined, the buildings decayed, and the 
families whose preference had once been given to the Protestant Episcopal 
Church, sought elsewhere for the word of life. 

With regard to the church in B.rownsville the case appears to have been 
rather more favorable. Services were held from tiine to time with more 
frequency, and the temporal interests of the church especially sustained 
with more ability and zeal, though many untoward circumstances have in 
time past retarded materially the progress of the church. Among these 
the resemblances of her forms and ceremonies to those of the Church of 
England excited great prejudice against her in Revolutionary times. 

It is now nearly a centurj^ and a half ago that Prayer-book services were 
used for the first time within the limits of what is now the borough of Browns- 
ville. In the year 1759, Rev. Mr. Allison is said to have coine as Chaplain 
to the soldiers who were then stationed at Fort Burd. At that time Browns- 
ville was but a frontier fort or post known as "Redstone Old Fort." 

Even before very regular services began to be maintained in Brownsville, 
five log churches had been built in the surrounding country, affording re- 
ligious homes to the inany church fatiiilies that originally settled this vicinity, 
having come principally from Maryland and Virginia. Today, Grace Church 
in Menallen township, six miles out on the national road, is the sole survivor, 
in which the service of the church is still heard, of that earh^ effort to plant 
the church in the country districts of Western Fa3''ette Count^^ The present 
brick structure replaced the primitive log building at least fifty j^ears ago. 

In Brownsville itself several itinerant clergyinen officiated from time to time 
in the early days. First came the Rev. Mr. Mitchell, in 1785. He was followed 
bv the Rev. Robert Davis in 1705, who seems to have remained till 1805. 



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Then came the Rev. Robert Ayres who in turn was succeeded l)y the Rev 
Jackson Kemper, a man of truly apostoHc character and zeal, who became 
years afterwards, missionary Bishop of the Northwest, and still later, the 
first Bishop of Wisconsin. Mr. Kemper served the Church here in 181 1 . He 
made a subsequent visit in 1814 when the following persons were baptized 
William Hogg, Ann Bowman, Harriet E. Bowman, Louisa Bowman, Matilda 
Bowman, William Bowman, Goodloe H. Bowman, and Nelson B. Bowman. 

Although as early as 1796 the ground on which the church now stands, 
was purchased from one, Samuel Jackson, by Dr. Charles Wheeler, William 
Hogg, and Jacob Bowman, for the sum of 20 pounds sterling, no especial 
effort seems to have been made up to the year 1813, toward the organization 
of a parish or the erection of a church building. Of the three gentlemen who 
originally purchased the church ground, an old chronicle of the parish says 
that they were "mainly instrumental, under the wise providence of God, 
in the preservation of the Church in early years, and in the transmission of 
the same, a precious heritage to posterity." 

In the year 1813, the Rev. J. C. Clay succeeded the Rev. Mr. Kemi)er as 
missionary of the Chvirch "Society for the Advancement of Christianity in 
Pennsylvania," in the western part of the state. He arrived July 20th and 
shortly afterward urged the people to build a church on the lot they then had. 
The suggestion was favorably received, a meeting of the congregation was 
held, seven trustees were appointed to consider the matter, and $500 was 
stibscribed toward the new church. 

On August 26th, 1813, the first Vestry was organized with these gentlemen 
members: Jacob Bowman, William Hogg, Robert Clarke, Charles Wheeler, 
John Xin. Basil Brashear, Basil Brown, Charles Ford, George Hogg, Henrv 
Stump. Thonias Brown and H. B. Goe. 

A building committee was appointed, plans and proposals for the new 
church were considered, and finally adopted by the Vestry. The walls of 
the Iniilding had been raised and paid for, when the work suddenly ceased, 
and was not resumed for several years, during which time occasional services, 
only, were held by visiting clergymen. The Rev. Mr. Clay had left some 
time before. He afterwards was for many years the honored rector of Gloria 
Dei Church, Philadelphia. 

The Rev. John Bausman was invited to take charge of the parish in con- 
nection with the work in Uniontown and Connellsville, and he began his 
labors March 22, 1823. The church edifice being still unfinished, the services 
were held for some months in the Presbyterian house of worship. By No- 
vember 30th of the same year, the building was ready for use. 

It was not until June 22, 1825, howe\-er, that the First Christ Church was 
consecrated. Then, upon the occasion of the first \-isit of the Right Rev. 
Dr. William White, first Bishop of Pennsylvania, to that portion of the 
diocese lying west of the Alleghenies, the new building was formallv set 
apart to the service and worship of Almighty God. 

A class of ten persons w-as confirmed by the Bishop the same day. the 
first time that confirmation had ever been administered here. 

The Rev. Mr. Ba^tsman continued his labor in the parish with signal suc- 

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Rev. Will. 1'.. Kainbo, Rector — Christ Cliurch, Brownsville 



Christ Church 381 



cess until March 8, 1827, when tlic Rrv. H. Phiffer, a brother-in-law. was 
elected to succeed him. 

In August, 1829, the parish again became vacant, and remained so until 
the following spring, when the Rev. L. N. Freeman, (April 4, 1830), was 
elected to the rectorship. In 1841 steps were taken toward the erection of a 
suitable rector J^ "A part of the land belonging to the church was exchanged 
for a certain piece of land belonging to Mr. George Hogg," and upon this 
ground the present commodious rectory was built. 

On the 20th of September, 1841, the Rev. Mr. Freeman resigned, and was 
succeeded by the Rev. Enos Woodward. During Mr. Woodward's ministry, 
the parish was regularly incorporated under the name and style of "The 
Rector, Church Wardens and Vestrymen of Christ's Church, Brownsville." 
Of the seventeen persons whose naines appear as petitioners for the granting 
of a charter to the parish, Mr. James W. Jefferies was the last to die, being past 
ninet}'' at his death. The Rev. Samuel Cowell became rector of the parish 
June 6, 1845. At this time the congregation numbered some fortj'-eight 
families, with a total of 183 individuals. To the Rev. Mr. Cowell belongs 
the credit of carefully compiling, from various sources, the history of the 
Church's effort in this community from the earhest days until the year 1852, 
when he severed his connection with the parish. His painstaking and faith- 
ful efforts have made it a comparatively easy task to prepare this account 
of this venerable parish. About the year 1852 a suitable house for the 
Sexton's use Avas added to the church property at a cost of $1,200. 

Two clergymen declined the call to tlie rectorship, but in April, 1853, the 
place was filled by the election and acceptance of the Rev. Richard Temple. 
Ill health compelled the resignation of Mr. Temple in July, 1854. In Decem- 
ber of the same year, the Rev. James J. Page, of Virginia, accepted an unani- 
mous election to the rectorship, taking charge in January, 1855. 

The winter of 1855-'56 proved to be a very cold one, "and the church 
building then occupied being very open, many of the people stiff ered severely 
from the cold. It seemed impossible to get the church warm enovigh for 
comfort." The result was that a fund for the erection of a new btiilding was 
soon started through the active efforts of Mrs. Mary M. Gummert. Mr. 
James L. Bowman was perhaps the first subscriber to the fund, giving ifS.OOO 
for himself and $1,000 for Mrs. Bowman. 

At the meeting of the vestry held April 11, bS5(), Messrs. G. H. Bowman, 
N. B. Bowman and John Johnson \\-ere appointed a building committee, and 
to act in an executive capacity for the rector and vestry in the inatter of 
a new chuch, and Mr. J. L. Bowman was appointed treasurer. 

The church then bitilt cost about $20,000. It was consecrated by the 
Right Rev. Samuel Bowman, D. D. LL. D., July 12, 1859. After a suc- 
cessful rectorship of six years the Rev. Mr. Page resigned his charge in the 
winter of 18Gl-'62. 

The next rector was Rev. John F. Ohl, who came from New Castle, Pa., 
and began his labors in the parish in July, 1862. Mr. Ohl's ministry of three 
years and nine months seems to have been verj^ eflicient. 

In July, 18()('). the Rev. H. H. Loring, of Olcan, N. Y., became rector of 



38'2 The rresbvterian Church 



Christ Church, and after an incumbency of nearly six years, he closed his 
ministry hero at Easter, March 31, 1S72. Within the time of Mr. Loring's 
rcctoratc, St. John's Church, West Brownsville, was built and became an 
independent work, the outgrowth of years of mission effort carried on under 
the care or the auspices of the parent church. At present this work is under 
the care of the rector of Christ Church. On May 14, 1872, the Rev. Mr. Ohl, 
then at Zanesville, ()., was again invited to become their rector, but he de- 
clined. The Rev. S. Denman Day, of Rockford, 111., was called to the rec- 
torship in June, 1872, and after some delay, the invitation was accepted, 
and he began work January Hi, 1873. Mr. Day's ministry at Christ Church 
lasted some twelve years. In the year 1882, the neat, substantial parish 
house and Sunday-school building was finished. It is built of native stone 
and cost about $3,000. The interior of this building has been much improved 
within the last summer. 

The Rev. Henry B. Emsworth came from Chicago in the winter of 18S5-'86 
to succeed the Rev. Mr. Day, and after a ministry of more than eleven years, 
he resigned April 18. 1897. During Rev. Mr. Emsworth's rectorship, and 
largely throtigh his efforts, many of the In'autiful memorial windows, the 
memorial pulpit, altar, cross, vases, leeturn, prayer desk and chancel rail 
were given and placed in the church. The Rev. Mr. Emsworth died at Lis- 
bon, N. D., March. ir()2. 

The present rector, the Rew William E. Rambo, was unanimously elected 
and took charge in October. 1 897. Since that time the entire church propertj' 
has been thoroughly repaired and im])roved at a cost of several thousand 
dollars, and the meinbershi]) lias been largely increased. St. John's Chapel, 
West Brownsville, has also been placed under the rector's care and its ex- 
cellent work has materially strengthened the parish life. 

The ])arish activities are: The Women's Auxiliary, Aid Society, Sewing 
Guild, St. John's Guild, Davighters of the King, and the Sunday School which 
meets every Sunday at 9:30 a. m. The hours of church services are, Sun- 
days, 10:45 a. m. and 7:00 p. m,; Holy Days, 9:00 a. m.; Fridays, 7:00 p. m. 
At St. John's Chapel, West Brownsville, Thursday at 7:lo ]>. m. 

The present Church wardens are: Messrs. C. L. Snowden, William B. 
MeCormiek, J. N. Snowdon, C. Bakewell, I.R. Beasell, William C. Steele, 
C. W. Bowman, M. R. Jacobs, and W. B. McAlpine. 

THE !'RKSBYTKRI..\N ClURCH. 

The Presbyterian church of Brownsville is one of the oldest organizations 
on this side of the Allegheny movtntains. It came gradualh^ into existence 
near the beginning of the last century. The earliest mention of Presbyterian 
preaching in this old historic town is found in the minutes of the Presbytery 
of Redstone to which it yet belongs. The record made there under date of 
Octoljer 1."), ISll, shows that "the Rev. Boyd Mercer, of the Presbytery of 
Ohio, a]:)plied for permission to preach to the people of Uniontown and 
Brownsville." This fact is especially interesting to tis because of the con- 
nection of one of the oldest and most esteemed families of Brownsville with 



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383 




I'resbj teriaii Church. Bruwiisville— Rev. W. Scott Bowman. Pastor 



this venerable pioneer of the Presbyterian faith in this jiart of the state. 
Rev. Boyd Mercer was the grandfather of Mr. Roland C. Rogers of Bridge- 
])ort. Thvis the first seed of Presbyterianism was sown. 

In the year 1813, on the 20th of April, a young man by the name of Rev. 
William Johnston, a licentiate under the care of the Presbytery of Ohio, 
made application to the Presbytery of Redstone for admission and was re- 
ceived on the following day. On the same day a call was placed into his 
hands from the congregations of Brownsville and Dunlaps Creek. "On the 
20th of October of the same year he was installed pastor over the tmited 
congregations." His pastorate lasted for 25 or 20 years. "When in ISoO 
Brownsville and Little Redstone Churches were separated from Dunlaps 
Creek, Rev. Mr. Johnston remained with Brownsville and Little Redstone 
congregations and continued to do so until his death, which occurred on De- 
cember 31, 1841. 

The successor of Rev. Johnston was Rev. Thomas Martin ^\•ho served the 
church until 1848. The Rev. Robert M. Wallace then became the pastor, 
and served until 1804. In 1864 the Rev. Joseph H. Stevenson became the 
pastor over the churches of Browns\-ille and Little Redstone. In 1800 the 
Presbytery granted leave to lioth of the churches to be organized into sejiarate 
and individual congregations. When this separation took ])laee, the pastor 
remained with the church of Brownsville and continued his work until April, 
1S()8, when he resigned the charge. 



384 The Presl)\lerian Church 



Succeeding this pastorate was the work of the Rev. E. P. Lewis, who 
served the church as stated svipply. His ministry continued for two or 
three years. From l<S74to 1878 was the pastoral service of Rev. W. W. McLane. 
The Rev. A. S. Milholland, D. D., now pastor of the First Chtirch of Union- 
town, served the congregation as stated supply from September 18,1878, until 
the spring of 1880. From March 9, 1881, until July, 1883, the church was 
vinder the care of Rev. A. B. Fields, who served in the capacity of stated 
supply by ajjpointment of Presbytery. Then followed the ministry of Rev. 
W. G. Nevin, which continued frrim July, ISS;!, until some tinu- in 1S84, or 
early in 1885.- The congregation was then ministered to by Rev. Himler 
for one year. The name of Rev. B. M. Kerr appears upon the sessional 
records of the church for the first time under date of April 2, 1887. His 
faithful work is fresh in the memory of the older members of the church. 
He died early in 1892, while pastor of this people. 

The present pastorate is that of the Rev.W. Scott Bowman, who will soon 
close the twentieth year of his ministrj'. Rev. Bowman took charge of this 
church on the first of July, 1892. Under this pastorate the church has risen 
to a place among the first of the Presbytery. It is thoroughly organized 
with a session of six elders, one deacon and four trustees. Every branch of 
chtu'ch work moves c^uietly along accomplishing its work The ehvu-ch has a 
good Sabbath School, Young People's Society, Ladies" Aid Society, and Home 
and Foreign Missionary Society. The church is also in good financial con- 
dition, and in spite of many losses, the church has had a steady growth 
during the past twelve A'ears. 

The following brief account of the ]M-opi'rty of the church is taken from 
the history of Fayette Cotinty, by Franklin Ellis, 1SS2, ])age 443: "Until 
after 1815 (probably 1813, for the first sermon in that church was preached 
by Rev. Johnston to the Brownsville volunteers of the war of 1812) the 
Presbyterians of Brownsville had no regular house of worship. On the 14th 
of June in that year Joseph Thornton, John Steele and John Johnston, trustees 
of the Presbj^terian congregation of Brownsville, purchased for two hundred 
dollars and five shillings, annvial ground rent, lot No. 3, on Second Street, 
being sixty feet front on that street, and one hundred and eighty feet deep 
to Market Street. It was conveyed to them in trust for the Presb^yterian 
congregation of Brownsville, for the i)ur])osi' of erecting a meeting-house 
thereon for the benefit of the congregation aforesaid." Soon afterwards 
there was built on the Second Street front a brick edifice which was used as a 
house of worship until the second building was completed on the same lot, 
but fronting on Mai'kct Street. This second chtirch building was dedicated 
in May, 1850, and after serving as a place of worshij) for forty-five years, was 
taken down in May, 1895. The present building, which occupies the site 
of the second building, is the third edifice erected by the church on the same 
lot. The auditorium of the ]iresent building was first occupied on the morn- 
ing of the lirst Sal)balh of January, 1S9(). Tlie following services are held 
every Sabbath: Sabbath School at 9:45 a. m.; Morning Worship at 11:00 
a. m. ; Y. P. S. C. E. at 0:15 p. m.: Evening Worship at 7:00 p. in. The 
doors of this churcli are always ojien to all. 



The First Methodist Episcopal Church 385 



THE FIRST METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. 

The First Methodist Episcopal Church, of which, William Medley D. D. 
is pastor, is one of the oldest, and inost commodious structures in the three 
towns, used for public worship. The present, a two-story edifice of stone 
and brick, occupies a site once occupied by a smaller stone building of un- 
certain date. But, from the fact that in 1876, diu-ing the pastorate of Rev. 
W. A. Stvtart, its centennial was celebrated, we gather that its origin was con- 
teinporary with that of the Republic. However, its early records have 
been lost, and the earliest a\-ailal)le history carries us back no further than 
1815, when Asa Shinn, of pious iTiemory, and the no less famous Thornton 
Fleming, were the pastors in charge of the work, then known as the Browns- 
ville and Uniontown circuit. As such, it was continued until the year 1833, 
when Uniontown became a station, and Bridgeport, now the second Metho- 
dist Episcopal Church of Brownsx'ille. was united with the first chiu-ch. and 
both together were known as the Brownsville and Bridgeport Station. This 
arrangement continued until the year 1844, when the union was se\'ered, 
and each of the churches became a station. 

Early in its history the first church became one of the important charges of 
Methodism in this part of the state, and in 1849 was selected as the seat 
of the Pittsburgh Conference, under the Presidency of the sainted Bishop 
Waugh. Its pulpit has been filled by leading men of the conference, some 
of whom have gone up higher, and some who are remaining until this day. 
While the presiding elder of the district, within sight of the chm-ch he loved, 
James G. Sansom, "The Old Man Eloc[uei,it, " whose last public utterance 
was from its pulpit, to the heroes assembled for worship, prior to their de- 
parture to take part in the tremendous struggle for the preservation of the 
Union, laid down the weapons of his earthly warfare and reported cm the 
camping grotmd of the Eternal. 

The Rev. James Green Sansom was 1)orn of Gernian |;)arents, in Bedford 
County, Pa., in the year 1794, and died at the home of the late Peter Swearer, 
in Brownsville, Pa., May 4, 1861. Early in life he became affiliated with 
the Methodist Episcopal Church, and entered the itinerant ranks in the 
year 1818, long before what is now kncjwn as the Pittsburg Conference of 
that church had an existence. For forty-three years he faithfully and 
successfvilly discharged the duties of the ministerial oftice, and at the time 
of his death, was the presiding elder of the then, Unionto\\n district. He 
was a self-made and a self-taught man ; a man with many, and marvelous 
natural talents. He was a deep thinker, and acute reasoner, and a keen 
logician. He had a broad, clear mind, and a voice of wonderful volume and 
penetrati\-e power. In short, he was a man specially fitted for the office to 
which he was called. A l)right. genial, loving, lovable man, to whom 
Methodism owes much. There are those still living to whoni his memory 
is as "ointment poured forth." He is gone, but he still is, "and, being dead, 
yet speaketh." 

For eleven years, as the presiding elder, and the pastor, the Rev. C. R. 
Beacom, ministered, followed by others, whose names we have not space to 
mention. 




First M. E. Church, Browiisvilk — Kcv. Win. Medley. Pastor 



The Roman Catholic Church 387 



The rcill o( the church contains honored names, such as those of Dr. John 
A. Brashear, the world-famed astronomer; Philander C. Knox, of more 
than national reputation; W. F. Knox, a pojmlar physician of McKeesport, 
Pa., and S. Page Knox, of Santa Barbara, California, all of whom reeei\-ed 
their hrst lessons in sacred truth within her walls. 

The first church is re];)resented in various departments, and in \-arious 
fields in Methodism by tliose \\hose early training was in the Sabbath classes, 
who have heard the call of their Master, and have gone forth to the service, 
among whom are F. H. Wilkenson, the associate editor of the Pittsburg 
Christian Advocate; James Mechem, the present presiding elder of the 
Washington district; Wilbur C. Swearer, the presiding elder of a Missicr.ary 
District in Korea, and four others who are still in the active work of the 
pastorate; W. K. Marshall, a member of the Kansas conference ; George A. 
Cecberc, a tncmber of the Texas conference; and C. A. Sheets, and W. J. Low- 
stuter, still in the Pittsburg conference. 

On the whole, the history of the first church is an honored one, and while 
many who ha\'c rejoiced in her fellowshi]) are now in the "Church Trium- 
phant," there are yet evidences of the worth of her work in the higher lay 
and ministerial circles. 

THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. 

We are indebted to the Rev. A. A. Lambing, L. L. D., of Pittsburg, for 
the following sketch of the Catholic Church at Brownsville: 

"The nattu-al position which the site of -the future Brownsville occupied, 
and the fact that it was at a very early day connected by an Indian trail with 
the movith of Will's Creek on the Patomic, cast of the mountains, and later 
by the extension of Braddock's road, early drew attention to it as the most 
suitable place for embarking for the west on the Monongahela River, or of 
crossing that stream to strike the Ohio in the neighborhood of Wheeling. 
Exploration, trade and pioneer settlement brotight with them an element 
of religion; not very pronounced, it may be in the beginning, but destined 
to de\'eloi) with the lajise of time. A brief glance at this, so far as the Catholic 
Church is concerned, will be the purpose of this paper. 

"As early as the summer of 1754, when the French came otit from Fort 
Du(|uesne to meet the adxancing forces of the colt.mists under George Wash- 
ington, on the Chestnut Ridge, those who went up the Monongahela were 
accompanied by a chaplain, wIkjsc name, howe\-er, has not been recorded, 
l)ut who celebrtited Mass at the mouth of Redstone Creek on the early morn- 
ing of June 30, which appears to ha\-e been the first religiovis ser\-ice of 
any kind held in that section of the country. But this was only a passing 
visit such as the people of a later day became accustomed to, when permanent 
settlement was begun. Whatever the faults of the first settlers, they were, as 
a rule, men not altogether devoid of religion, and were desirotis of its con- 
solations as often as their isolated condition would ].)ermit. A few families 
ha\'ing settled in the present Greene Comity near the ri\er, a man \)\ the 
name of Felix Hughes, who seems io ha\'e l)ein the most inlluenti;d among 




Roman Catholic Church. Brownsville — Rev. Thos. F. Cjlynn. Rector 



The Roman Catholic Church 389 



them, went to Philadelphia in 17<S.3 to see if he conld not induce a ]:>riest to 
pay them an occasional visit. But, so small was the ntmiber of clergymen 
at that time, and so wide the fields of their labors, that he does not a])pear 
to ha\e succeeded. But an occasional missionary would pass through to 
Kcntvicky and would delay for a few days to minister to the scattered fami- 
J-lies. Religious services were generally held by these passing missionai-ies 
in the house of Neil Gillespie, whose name is familiar to every student of 
the early history of this section of covmtry. So matters continued till near 
the end of the eighteenth century, when a priest was stationed at St. Vincents 
arch abbej^ near Latrobe, who visited the people at distant intervals. About 
1 798 Rev. Patrick Lonergan tried to establi-sh a colony near Wayneslnirg, 
from which he visited Brownsville, and even Pittsburg at times. 

"In the fall of 1808, Rev. William F. X. O'Brien was appointed first resi- 
dent pastor of Pittsburg; and from that time the scattered Catholic families 
in the vicinity of Brownsville cotild calculate on a visit about every two 
months, a condition of affairs which continued with gradual improvement 
till some time before 1830, when Re\-. Patrick RafTcrty was made first resi- 
dent i.)astor. What fruit he was aljle to reap in the line of spirituals is not 
distinctly recorded; certain it is that his pecuniary recompense was nieager 
enough; for, after laboring a year he only received $3.62^, and left, conckid- 
ing that zeal did not recjuire such sacrifices. Rt. Rev. Francis P. Kcntrick, 
of Philadelphia, visited the town in January, 1834, and writes of it: 'On 
my visit to Brownsville, a little village on the Monongahela River, I was 
much edified,' etc. * * * -The faithful of this mission are to be pitied, 
being able only four times a year to enjoy the presence of a priest, the pastor 
of Blairsville, Rev. James A. Stillenger, wdio visits them thus, till I can place 
a pastor here,' But in 1836 Rev. Patrick Waters was stationed here for a 
time, but just how long it is impossible to determine. 

"The date of the building of the first church has not been ascertained, 
but it was most probably before the visit of the bishop, just referred to. The 
circtimstances were these: N^L Gillespie donated three acres of ground, ^■'L^cj'. 
that now occujiied l)y the church, and two other persons, not members of 
the Catholic Chinxh, J. J. Workman and E. L. Blaine undertook to have 
the church built, traveling as far as Baltimore to collect the necessary funds. 
Rev. Michael Gallagher was appointed pastor in 1837, but had a wide tract of 
the surrounding country also under his charge. The church was destroyed 
by fire in 1839, and Rev. Mr. Gallagher set about the erection of the present 
stately edifice, the plans of which, as well as a considerable part of the funds, 
he secured in his native Ireland, and it was solcmnU^ dedicated, April 7, 1844. 
The congregation Avas then at the zenith of its prosperity, but the opening 
of the Pennsylvania Canal some time before and of the Patomic Canal, and 
later of the through lines of railroad gradually drew the current of trade and 
travel from it, and it experienced a reverse of fortune, impro\Mng but little 
from the river trade. Though generally having a resident priest, the con- 
gregation never gained that degree of independence which wovild command 
his entire services. Changes, too, were frequent in pastors, so that it would 
be difficult to give the entire list. Such was the condition of the church in 



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Rev. Thomas F. Glynn 




lilaiiR- Miiiimntiil. Calludic CciiifUr\ , l!ri)\vii>\ illc 



this section of country till the coke industry infused new life into^Fayette 
County; but even then, Brownsville was slow in reaping much benefit from 
it. This brings us down to within less than a Cjuarter of a century of the 
present, when the history is within the personal recollection of most people. 

and will not l)e ])ursue(l ftirther." 



Rev. Thomas F. Glynn, the pojjular and indcfatigal.)le rector of the 
Church of St. Thomas of Aquin, Coal Centre, Pa., and St. Peter's at Browns- 
ville, was born in Roscommon, Ireland, on February B, 18G0, and came to 
this country with his parents when but one year of age. The family settled 



The First Baptist Church 391 

in St. John's parish, Johnstown, Pa. After completing his primary educa- 
tion he entered St. Charles' College, Baltimore, where he went throtigh his 
classics, besides finishing in the sixth Latin class with the highest honors, 
being first in Latin and first in English, and receiving the premium for Chris- 
tian Doctrine from Cardinal Gibbins himself. Then he went to St. Vincent's 
Seminary, where he completed his philosophical and theological studies. 
He was ordained in St. Patil's Cathedral, Pittsburg, on April 25, 1893, and 
was immediately appointed assistant to the Church of St. John the Evangelist, 
S. S., under the late Father O. P. Gallagher. After about two years he was 
transferred to St. Andrew's, Allegheny, where he remained for about three 
years. Then he Avent as pastor to St. Joseph's, North Oakland, where he 
remained for five years tmtil, on November 16, 1902, he was appointed to 
his present charge. Geographically it is the largest in the Diocese. Coal 
Centre includes the mission of St. Peter's, Brownsville; and California, 
"Woods Run, LucvAfille and Stockdale are flourishing towns connected with 
the parish. Affairs have so progressed under his energetic administratii m that 
the town of Lucyville will very shortly have its own church. While at St. 
Vincent's Father Glynn was the editor and business manager of St. Vincent's 
Journal, and he has also been contributor to various Catholic newspapers 
and magazines. 

When Father Glynn first took charge of the Coal Centre parish he found 
it in anything but a flourishing condition fmancially, but by hard work and 
able administration he has placed it in a most satisfactory condition in this 
iniportant respect, and the same can be said of St. Peter's, at Brownsville. 

Father Glynn is of an inventive turn of mind. Recently he has taken out a 
patent for an ingeniotisly contrived safety fender for street cars, and another 
for an indestructible railroad caboose. 

Rev. Joseph Galewski has been appointed assistant to Father Glynn, 
owing to the great increase in the Catholic population under his zealous 
spiritual care. It was also necessary to have an assistant who could speak 
several foreign languages, and this is an accomplishment which Father 
Galewski possesses in a remakaljle degree. 



THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. 

The First Baptist Church of Brownsville was organized in 1841, with nine- 
teen constituent members, none of whom are now living. It was formerly 
recognized as an independent Baptist church by a council of neighboring 
Baptist churches convened in the Presbyterian Church November 16, 1841. 
Rev. William Wood (father of the late Rev. W. S. Wood, of Mt. Pleasant) 
was chosen as the first pastor. Mr. Evtins, Mr. Morgan Mason, and Mr. 
Fillsom were chosen as the first board of trustees. 

The Church was admitted to membership in the Monongahela Baptist 
Association in September, 1842. 

Having no church biulding the congregation rented the lower part of the 
Freemason's Hall on Chtxrch Street, and worshiped there for two years. 



392 



The I-'irst lki]>list Church 




Rev. J. F. MilU-r 
Pastor First Baptist Churcli. lirownsville 



The first chtirch building was crocted on C'liurch Strcrl in 1843, and was 
dedicated November ](), of that year. This building is still standing. 

The Sunday School in connection with this chvirch was organized in 1844. 

The church rapidly increased in niemT)ershi]j from the beginning. In 1849 
the records show 14.3 members in good and regtilar standing. 

This chtirch is the parent of two neighboring Baj)tist Churches. On 



Note. — We were unable to secure a satisfactory picture of Rev. Miller's church owing to 
tile unfinished condition of the same, hence the absence of the cut of that church. 



Bridgeport Churches 393 



Januar}^ 13, 1850, thirty of its mc-mbcrs were dismissed to organize the Red- 
stone Baptist Church, a building having been erected there by the church in 
1849. In 1889, eight of its members together with a few others organized 
the California Baptist Church. 

In Jtily, 1898, the church purchased what was then known as the Jeffries' 
Hall, on Market Street, and proceeded to erect the present handsome building. 
Work on this building was begun in March, 1899. The basement being coin- 
pleted and temporarily roofed, the congregation vacated the old chuch on 
Church Street and occupied the basement of the new building March 18, 
1900, and continued to worship there until December 13, 1903, at which 
time the congregation moved into the newly completed Sunday School room, 
btiilding operations having been actively resumed in April 1903. 

The old church property on Church Street was sold February 27, 1901. 

The following-named ministers have served the church as regular pastors: 
Revs. William Wood, Fisdale, Penny, Edward Miles, J. C. Cole, William 
Wood, R. H. Austin, W. W. Hickman, Daniel Kelsey, W. H. Hughes, Wil- 
liam Barnes, B. F. Fish, Ross Ward, D. H. Lehman, G. B. N. Clouser, E. E. 
Woodson, and J. F. Miller the present pastor. 

The following-named ministers have supplied the church: Revs. W. vS. 
Wood, James Jones, H. G. Mainwaring, C. H. Coligrove, M. R. Laning, E. 
G. Zwayer, Dr. L.M. Hughes, H. J. Ritenour, D. W. C. Harvey. 

The following-named persons have been licensed by the church to preach 
the gospel: H. J. Ritenour, W. B. Skinner, W. R. Patton, C. A. Gilbert, 
James F. Rush. It has ordained to the ministry Rev. B. N. Clouser. 



BRIDGEPORT CHURCHES. 

FRIENDS OR QUAKER CHURCHES. 

In an early period, before 1820, the number of the Society of Friends in 
Bridgeport outnumbered those of all other denoininations, and their meetings 
for divine worship were held here many years before any other churches 
were organized in the place, beginning as early as about the year 1790. For 
a few years they met in private dwellings. On the 28th of February, 1799, 
a lot of three acres of land was ptirchased from Rees Cadwalader, and soon 
afterwards a meetinghouse was built upon it. It was a stone building, low, 
but nearly or quite one hundred feet in length. Some years aftenvards, when 
the Hicksites seceded from the regular congregation, this old meetinghouse 
was partitioned across in the middle so as to accommodate both meetings. 
This was continued for some years, btit gradually, by reason of removals and 
the death of members, the congregation became reduced in nvimber, and 
finally religious worship, after the manner of the Quakers, ceased to be held 
in Bridgeport. 

Besides the old stone meetinghouse built by the Friends on the lot pur- 
chased from Rees Cadwalader, thej^ also built on it a stone schoolhouse 
(the first schoolhouse in Bridgeport), and set apart a portion of the ground 



39-1 Cuinberland I'rc-.shvleriaii Chiirth 



for a burial place, {.'pan the lot purchased by the Friends from Cadwalader 
there now stands the residences of Mrs. Geo. Black, James Allen and 
others, aiid the Union School house of thi' b()r()U<(h. 

CL"MBERI,A.\'n I'KKSBYTKRI.A.N OIILRCH. 

In tile sjirinji; of 1S;>L', the Rews. A. M. Bryan and Millim Bird, ministers 
of a new (k'noniinatii)n, called Cmnb^'rland Presbyterians, came to Browns- 
ville. 

Ser\-ices were held for a few days in the Methodist Episeo])al Church and 
the Prostestants Episcopal Church, with marked results. Many of the lead- 
ing ])eo])le of town made a profession ot religion. Xo effort was made, how- 
e\-er, at this tinu', to organize a chm'ch. 

Among the early Cinnl)erlan(l Presbyterian jireachers wlio visited Browns- 
\'ille were John Morgan, Leroy Woods, S. M. S])arks, I. X. Cary, John Cary, 
S. K. Hudson and William E. Post. 

In 1830 Re\'. Post held servici's in what was called Black Horse Tax'crn, a 
store building bi'longing to the Sweitzer ])roperty. 

A few years later, Cumberland Presbyterians held ser\-ices in Mas(jnic 
Hall. 

Tweh'C' years after the \"isit of Bryan and Bird, a petition by a number of 
prominent citizens, of Brownsv'ille and vicinity, was presented to the Union 
Presbytery begging that a Cumberkmd Presbyterian Church be organized. 
The Presbytery grantid the recjuest and Rev. S. E. Hudson with Rev. Wil- 
liam Post organized the church September 10, 1844. There were tliirty 
names on the original roll of the church with Josiah Waggoner and William 
Robinson as Ruling Elders. 

Re\'. J. T. A. Henderson, who was ])resent wlien tlie elun\-h was organized 
became the stated supply. 

The Rev. Isaac Hague y)reached from A]>ril bS47 to A])ril 1S48. Din-ing 
Rev. Heagvie's pastorate the membership increased to sixty. In Jime, 1847, 
William H. Bennett and J. H. Abrams were elected Rtiling elders. 

The Rev. A. B. Brice D. I)., took charge of the church in 1848 and re- 
mained six years as ])astor, while at the same time he editi'd the Cumberland 
Presbyterian. This ])a])er was the organ of the Cumberland Presbyterian 
Church in Pennsylvania and Ohio. Ser\-ices were held for a while in the 
school hall in West Brownsville. During Rev. Brices first year a neat brick 
building was erected in the upper part of Bridgeport. This church was 
dedicated by Rev. Hiram Hunter of Uniontown. 

In 1855, Dr. William Campbell took charge, serving the congregation two 
years. During his pastorate, he also edited the Cumberland Presbytt>rian. 

The Rew A. J. Swain Ijccame j^astor in April of bSoT and remained till 
1801 . At the breaking out of the Ci\'il War there were aliout ninety members 
on the ehui-ch roll. In bSo9, Freman Wise was elected Rtiling Elder. 

Revs. N. D. Porter, Henry S. Bennett and G. P. Wright held a very suc- 
cessful revival meeting during the spring of ISOi'. In this same year j. D. 
Armstrong, a young man of promise, was elected and ordained a Ruling Elder. 




Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Bridgeport 
Rev. Chas. R. Harmon, Pastor 



396 Cumberland Presbyterian Church 

From 1862 to 1868 the Rev. J. T. A. Henderson was pastor. After Mr. 
Henderson's resignation Rev. J. H. Coulter took charge of the field. It 
was while Mr. Coulter was pastor that Rev. A. J. Bird, D. D., of Nashville, 
Tenn., assisted in a meeting that resulted in a large addition to the church. 
Rev. Coulter's pastorate covered a period of about two years. 

In December of 1872, Rev. J. M. Howard D. D., took charge of the congre- 
gation. There were many things to discourage and few things to encourage 
the friends of this struggling church. To add to the heavy adversities of 
the congregation, came the fire on the morning of October 8, 1874, which 
left in its track falling walls and a heap of ashes. For so few members with 
so little wealth, it seemed almost an impossibility to recover from this loss, 
but Rev. Howard went to work with a will and results followed. 

Eliza Johnson, a devout Christian woman who had very little of this 
world's goods, gave the first ten dollars toward the new chtirch. 

The present location was selected and the corner stone laid. The lecture 
room was ready for service by February 20, 1876. On that day Dr. A. B. 
Miller of Wajmesburg College, assisted by Dr. Henry Melville of Uniontown, 
opened the room with appropriate services. 

In the spring of '7G and the fall of '77 there were extensive revivals. The 
Murphy Temperance movement came in 1877, doing much good work for 
the town and community. Following the activity of the temperance people 
came a marked revival in 1881. Among the many converts at this time was 
that of Seaborn Crawford, who was much interested in temperance and 
reform. He had been and continued to be a strong supporter of the church 
and was an honored deacon at the time of his death which occurred in Sep- 
tember, 1903. 

In September, 1874. John vS. Pring"e, John Springer and George L. Moore 
were elected ruling Elders. Through all the financial struggles of the chtirch 
in this part of the history, she had a few men and women who were true and 
loyal, as is true of all church organizations. No one knew this better than 
Dr. Howard. Rev. Howard resigned in 1883 and Rev. P. R. Danley was 
chosen as his successor. During Mr. Danley's pastorate of about two years 
the church building was completed.but because of a very heavy indebtedness, 
the congregation was not able to dedicate the house. 

Mr, Danley was succeeded by Rev. G. N. Wall, who only remained a few 
months. After Mr. Wall the Rev. F. T. Charlton filled out the remainder 
of the year. 

In October, 1886, the Rev. G. W. Van Horn was called to the pastorate. 
During the first year of Mr. Van Horn's ministry the church was much 
strengthened by a revival held bj' Dixon C. Williams, ably assisted by pastor 
and people. 

Rev. and Mrs. Van Horn, always most conscientious and consecrated 
workers, now thought it their duty to go to the foreign field. They accord- 
ingly offered themselves to the board and were accepted and set apart to 
work in Japan, where they are still our honored and successful missionaries. 
The resignation of Mr. Van Horn to go to the foreign field left the church 
vacant. 



Cumberland Presbyterian Church 397 



The Rev. J. H. Patton was then called and entered upon his duties as pastor 
on the second Sunday of October, 1888. While the church had been much 
strengthened spiritually and otherwise during the former pastorate, there 
remained much to be done. It had never been freed from debt. This was 
the one discouraging feature of the work when Mr. Patton took charge. 
$3,500.00 must be raised. 

A campaign was inaugurated, which lasted three years, when about $4,000.00 
was actually paid into the church treasury, in addition to the running ex- 
penses. This paid off the old debt and covered the expenses of some needed 
repairs. 

The church was dedicated from debt October 11, 1891. Dedicatory serv- 
ices were held by Rev. J. M. Howard D. D., Nashville, Tenn., who was 
at that time editor of the Cumberland Presbyterian. Dr. Howard was 
assisted in the service by the pastor, Rev. J. G. Patton, Rev. J. T. Neel, 
pastor at Hopewell, Rev. Jas. Hamilton pastor of Charleroi Chtirch, and Rev. 
O. H. P. Graham of the Second M. E. Church. This was a great day for 
Cumberland Presbyterians in Brownsville. Mr. Patton continued his work 
as pastor to the close of the j-ear 1898, thus completing a successful pastorate 
covering over ten years. He left the chtirch well organized with a member- 
ship of 195. 

Immediately on the resignation of Rev. Patton the session corresponded 
with Rev. Chas. R. Harmon, then located in Ohio, who preached two sermons 
on the first Sunday in the year 1899, receiving a unanimous call to become 
pastor. 

On the first Sunday in March, 1899, Mf. Harmon entered upon his duties 
as pastor. On the evening of the 24th of May, a Presbyterial Commission, 
consisting of Revs. G. G. Kerr and A. B. Elliott, conducted the installation 
services. 

The church has had a steady growth in all lines of Avork during the five 
years of the present pastorate. Some of the things accomplished during 
these five years are: 

A deepening of the spiritual life of the members. 

Growth of membership to 270 resident members. The chin-ch ])ut on a 
financial basis that enables her to pay all bills by check, monthlv, including 
pastor's salary. 

The chtirch auditoriuin made more attractive by an expenditure of $1,300. 
A new Manse, just erected, and deficiency being provided for so that it was 
dedicated in May. 

"Truly the Lord hath done great things for us whereof we are glad." 

The present Board of Officials are: 

Elders: George L. Moore, Thomas H. Cline, John M. Springer, Levi 
P. Shriver, Solomon G. Kreeps, Sr., E. B. Wells and Joseph W. 
Sullivan. 
Deacons: James O. Springer (Secretary and Treasurer). I. V. Kin- 
der, C. L. Kennedy and James S. Craft. 
Trustees: Charles H. Vorhees, Thomas A. Sharpnack and W. W. 
Cramer. 



398 Second Methodist Rpiscopal Church 



SECOND MKTIIODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. 

Bridgeport was originally a part of what was known as the Redstone 
Circuit, then of the Uniontown and Brownsville Circuit. Later Browns- 
ville and Bridgeport were constituted a pastoral charge. 

In lcSo7, Bridgeport was ser%-e(l by I). L. Dem])sey for six months, bvit being 
unable, financially, to support a pastor, it was again united to Brownsville, 
where it remained until 1849, when it was made a separate pastoral charge 
and has remained so ever since. In 1880 the name was changed to Second 
Church. The following pastors have served this church since 1849-50, 
Josiah Mansell; 1851, P. M. Gowan; 1852-3, Robert Hamilton; 18.54-5, D. A. 
McCreary; 1850-7, William Stewart; 1858, B. F. McMahon; 1859-00, A. E. 
Ward; 1801, John Mclntire; 1802-3, Charles W. Smith; 1864-5, J. J. Hays; 
1866-7, J. B. Mills; 180S-9, S. W. Horner; 1870-1, C. W. Scott; 1872, Homer 
J. Smith; 1873-5, John C. Castle; 1870-7, Theodore N. Eaton; 1878-0, Albert 
Cameron; 1880-2, C. L. F. Cartwright ; 1883, R. C. Wolf; 1884-0, U. M. Hol- 
lister; 1887, H. j. Altsman; 1888-'92, O. H. P. Graham; 1893-0, William C. 
Davis; 1897-9, Harry M Chalfant; 1900-2, j. E. Kidney; 1903, Calvin H. 
Miller who is still in cliarge. 

On the 12lh of June 1S20 at a meeting of the Trustees of the Methodist 
Episcopal "Meeting lloust-" of Brownsx'ille, it was unanimously decided 
to l:)uild a frame "Meeting House" in Bridge])'. rt. I*"or some reason, not 
stated, this project was abandoned at the next meeting in July, l)Ut. "Re- 
solved, that all subscriptions paid for this hotise shall not be a]i])lie(l to 
Brownsville, but kejit until a meetinghovise can be built in Bridgeport." 
In the fall of the year IS.'i;;, the Trustees, namc^ly, Joseph Reynolds, Adolph 
Minehart, Charles Me Fall. Tlioinas Gregg, and Edward Draper purchased 
a lot almost opposite the ])resenl parsonage. The deed was delivered to the 
Trustees September 7, 1833, and a foundation for a church was immediately 
begun and finished. For some reason nothing was done for a year, when 
the l)riekwork was ])Ut u]) by John and James Auld. The building was, 
however, not finished until 1837, when it was dedicated by Rev. S. E. Bab- 
cock. This l)uilding was used by the congregation until the summer of 1863, 
when under the pastorate of Rev. Charles W. Smith, now editor of the Pitts- 
burgh Christian Advocate, it was torn down and some of the material used 
in the building of tlu' ])resent slruetin-e. 'i'he Simday School room of the 
new church was dedicated October 30, 1804, under the pastorate of Rev. J. 
J. Hays, who was assisted by Charles W. Smith. The auditorium was not 
completed until July 22, 1866, when it was dedicated under the pastorate of 
J. B. Mills, now of the East Ohio Conference. He was assisted at the dedica- 
tion by George Loomis, D. D., Prof. A. B. Hyde, and Rev. A. J. Endsley. In 
1874, a pipe organ was purchased vmder the pastorate of John C. Castle and 
placed on the platform in the rear of the church In 1881 under the pastor- 
ate of Rev. C. L. F. Cartwright, the entire chureh liuilding was renovated 
and re]mired. The auditorium was frescoed, woodwork painted and grained, 
pulpit railings added, and platform built on the right-hand .side of the i)ulpit 
and the organ placed on this platform. Dvu-ing the present year (1904) 




Second M. E. Church, Bridgeport 
Rev. Calvin H. Miller. Pastor 



400 Melhoilist Protestant Church 

extensive repairs have been made and a beautiful pipe organ, costing fifteen 
hundred dollars, has been purchased, one-half of which (seven hvmdred and 
fifty dollars) being the gift of Mr. Andrew Carnegie. The repairs, including 
organ, cost about three thousand dollars. 

In lSo4, the Sunday School of Bridgeport was organized. Charles McFall 
was elected as superintendent. The school has had continued existence 
since that time. In 1884, the semi-centennial was celebrated, appropriate 
exercises were held and a history of its fifty years was written by Miss Irene 
Barr, to whom the writer of this article is indebted for important data. This 
school meets every Sunday at 9:20 a. m., under the superintendency of Mr. 
Thos. D. Hann. It has an enrollment of two hundred and twenty. 

A Christian Endea\'or Society was organized in 1889, which continued 
until June 16, 1897, when it was changed to Epworth League. This yotmg 
peojjles' society meets for devotional services every Sunday evening at 6:45. 
Mr. John C. Percy is its jiresidcnt. 

November 11, 1874, a number of ladies met in the ])arsonage for the pur- 
pose of organizing a Pastor's Aid Society. It has had a continuous existence 
since that time and was a large factor in the building of the present parson- 
age and ki])t it repaired since it was built, besides doing a great deal towards 
repairs on the church. It meets every month at the homes of its members, 
and besides doing a great deal toward the material support of the church. 
is a great help to the pastor in keeping him in touch with those who need him. 
as well as a social factor in the congregation. 

Preaching every Sunday morning. 10:45. 

Preaching every Sunday evening, 7:30. 

Prayer meeting Wednesday evening, 7:30. 

Reopening of chvirch took place Sunday, April 17, 1901. 

METHODIST rROTEST.^XT CmRCH. 

This church was organized in Bridgejxirt in 1830 by the Re\'. William 
Collins, who was its first .preacher. In thr following year a stone building 
was erected as a hotise of worshi]) on lot No. 46, which was at that time 
bargained to the trustees of this church, l)ut was not transferred by deed 
until October 16, 1849. The location was on the side of the hill, where the 
residence of James Kidney now stands. This old church edifice was used 
by the societj^ tmtil 1866, when the building of the Wesleyan Methodist was 
])urchased. The old ineetinghousc was then sold, and the Wesleyan build- 
ing was then known as the Methodist Protestant house of worship. 

The Rev. William Collins, above mentioned as the organizer of this church, 
was succeeded by the Rev. John Lucas, after which time there were 
a great nimiber of preachers serving the congregation, among whom arc 
recollected John Wilson, George Hughes, AVilliam B. Dunlevy, and Zach- 
ariah Ragan in the old church, and the Revs. Stillwagon, Caruthers, Mark 
Taylor, J. Simpson and Henry Lucas, during the occupation of the house pur- 
chased from the Weslevans. 



i^O'2 West Hrowiisxille Churches 



WESLEYAX MKTIIODIST CM\'RCH. 



The date of the organization of this church has not been definitely ascer- 
tained, but it is known that it was in existence some years prior to 1848, at 
which time it had a membership of aljout seventy-five, and in which year 
also its meetinghouse (the same which was the Methodist Protestant 
house of worship) was erected. Durint,' its existence the church was served by 
the Revs. Smith, John P. Bedker, Lyell, Laughead, Tolgen. Planet, McBride, 
and A. D. ('arter, who was the last of its preachers. 



ZIOX- A. M. K. CHfRCn. 

Mt. Zion A. M. E. Church was organized by Bishop Paul Quim in 1835 in 
Brownsville, Pa. The organization removed to Bridgeport in 1837, and 
after holding services for a considerable time in the schoolhovise, it ])rocured 
a small brick structure on its present site. 

Its oldest living members are Rebecca King. Julia Johns, Louisa Mossett. 
William Johns and Thomas Sorrcll. 

It at present has a commodiovis frame building with a lecture room and 
auditorium with a seating capacity of 4o0. and a good ])arsonage of eight 
rooms and a Int 31 ft. front, back 214 ft. to ol ft. The church has a 
membcrshi]) of 112 and is one of the oldest c-hiu'ches in the Pittsbiu"g Con- 
ference. 

The following ministers have served as pastor: Bishop B. W. Arnett, 
Bishop Paul Quim, Bishop C. L. Smith, Charles Hebert, W. G. Ralph, Jesse 
Divine. Solomon Thompson, Jerimiah Lewis, Isaac Coleman, David Conyard, 
A. R. Green, Jesse Divine, Isaac Coleman, S. T. Jones, Solomon Thompson, 
Richard Hill, Leven Gross, Jerimiah Lewis, William Brown, G. G. Skinner, 
L. Clinghorn, T. A. Green, William Jones, Richard Brown, G. W. Webster, 
J. M. Morris, R. H. Morris, Nelson Terrell, T. T. Baker, S. C. Honesty, Carter 
Wright, B. Wheeler, James McTerry, A. E. Walden. C. A. McGee and the 
jiresent pastor, R. H. Bumry. 

Its services are as follows: Preaching Simday at 10:30 a. m. and 7:1.") p. m. : 
Sunday School, 2:30 p. m.; Christian Endeavor Society, 6:00 p. m., with 
Prayer IMeeling on Wednesday evcn'ng. 

The church is in a flourishing condition. 



WEST BR{)\V.\S\'iLLK ("11 1" RCHES. 

SAINT JOHX'S CHLRCH. 

Saint John's Church, West Browns\-ille. was consecrated November 25, 
1873, by the Rt. Rev. Dr. John B. Kerfoot, Bishoj) of the Diocese, who was 
assisted in the service by the Rev. Messrs. Horace E. Hayden, rector of the 
parish; S. D. Day, R. S. vSniith, of St. Peter's. Uniontown; David C. Page. 




St. John's Chapel. West Hrowusvillc 



404 Some riiiDHiown Cluirihi-s 



of Pittsburg; C. N. S])al(lin<i[ and llu Rev. Dr. S])alding, then rector of St. 
Peter's Church, Pittsburg. 'Plu- Re\ . Mr. Page i)reacht'd the sermon. 

For many years before this time, mission work had been carried on in 
West Brownsville under the fostering cari' of Christ Church, Brownsvi le. 
It was, owing largely to the generosit\- and ])ersonal interest of Miss 
Isabella Sweitzer, and a few others, that St. John's Church, a substantial 
frame structure, cajiable of seating about 250 people, was built. The Re\-. 
David C. Page ministered to the good peo])le of St. John's for some time, 
prior to lS7o, and took a lively interest in the building of the church. In 
1873, the Rev. Mr. Hayden became the first and only rector of the parish, 
assisted by such capable workers as Miss Sweitzer, Jacob McKenna, P>sq., 
and others. Mr. Hayden lal)ored \-ery successfully for the Master here 
until the close of 187U. 

During the most of the time from the year IS.Si', imtil December 1889, 
the Rev. Dr. John P. Norman, rector of St. Paul's, Monongahela City, has 
ministered here most faithfully and efficiently. For a number of years 
past, the late Mr. John Bakewell and Mr. Janus Williams have done much, 
by ])ersonal services, to maintain the work. Quite a large Sunday School 
assembles each week in the lecture room of the chmxh, imder the superin- 
tendence of Mr. Williams and a corps of excellent teachers. 

Rev. William E. Rambo of Christ Church. Brownsville, is also rector of 
St. John's Church and under his ministration it has of late shown reviving 
jnfiuences, and activity is again springing into life. 



SOMIi: OF THE UNIO.XTOWX CIURCHES. 

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 

It is <[uite certain that Uniontown was occujjied iiy Presbyterian ministers, 
as a place for preaching the gospel, a century and a quarter ago. This is 
inferred because there were Presbyterian churches in this covmty with the 
regular ministrations of the A¥ord as early as 1774. We have authority for 
the statement that in 1776 Union t(5wn was inckided in the bounds of the 
Dunlap's Creek Church. When ministers were so near they would not 
neglect this point. But, we ha\e no recorded nor verbal information in 
regard to the formative period of the church's history until near the be- 
ginning of the past century. The first statement to be found anywhere is 
in the minutes of the Redstone Presbj^tery. The following extract gives 
the first reference in these minutes to this church: 

"At the meeting of the Presbytery at George's Creek, October 11, 1799, 
application for supplies was made by the vacant congregation of Uniontown. 
Rev. James Powers was appointed for one Sabbath, and Rev. Samuel Porter 
for another," both eminent ministers. 

During the following twelve years, application was made at irregular 
intervals for supjilies, which were appointed. About 1S12. Dr. James Dun- 



First Presbyterian Church 405 

lap, a man of considerable ability, ex-president of Jefferson College, came 
here and reinained about two years. He li\'ed in a small log house on the 
lot immediately to the east of the court-house. He was i.)rincipal of an 
academy, which was conducted in Madison College building. 

Dr. Dunlap preached occasionally in the old court-house, but left in 1S16. 
In 1817 the Rev. William T. Wiley, a native of Washington Cotmty, com- 
menced preaching and continued as stated supply for two years, when he 
was called by the congregation and became the first regular pastor. He con- 
tinued until October, IS'2'2. For a period of five years, after this, the church 
was supplied by the Presbytery, Dr. A. G. Fairchild ]ireaching frefiuently. 

We trace briefly a history of the buildings erected at different dates, show- 
ing the progress made in the material interests of the church since its organi- 
zation, and the gradual architectual development which culminated in the 
present beautiful and imposing edifice. 

Of the circumstances attending the building of the first house of worship 
erected by the Presbyterian Church of Uniontown, but little is known. It was 
located on Morgantown Street, a few feet north of the lot on which the Epis- 
copal Church now stands, and not far froin the old market house. This was 
a plain, one-story brick house with the old-fashioned high-back jjews and 
elevated pulpit. For some reason, doubtless as a matter of economy, it 
was located on jiublic ground; to this objections were stibsef|uently made. 
The agitation of the <iuestions of its removal be(^ause of these objections, 
was probably the chief reasons for its early abandoment as it seems to have 
been occupied and allowed to stand but about ten years. 

The erection of this building was begun some time in the year 1824 but 
was not completed and dedicated — if formally dedicated at all — until Janu- 
ary, 1827. Previous to the date of entering this house the congregation 
worshiped, for the most part, in the old court-house. The Rev. J. H. Agnew 
was called to the pastorate of this church abotit the time of the completion 
and dedication of this first chiuxdi building, and reniained with the congrega- 
tion until April 12, 1831, when, on account of ill health, he was released by 
the Presbytery. The Re\'. Joel Stoneroad, haxing received a call from the 
congregation, was ordained and installed l)y tlie Presbytery in this house 
on the 14th day of Decemlier, ls;n, and continued his pastoral relations, 
thus formed, until April 14. 1842. It was therefore during Mr. Stoneroad's 
pastorate that the second sanctuary was erected in 18o7 and 'oS. 

This house, which was com]:)lete(;l in the sjiring of l,s:)8, slood back a little 
from the street on the lot now oeeui)ied Ijy the new Central Presbyterian 
Church, and is said to have cost alxnit $5,. ")()(). The Rev. Joel Stoneroad, 
being in charge at the time the church was built, was the first ])astor to occupy 
the new pulpit; this he continued to do until A])ril 14, 1842. Five ministers, 
after Mr. Stoneroad, occupied the ])ulpit of this second building as regular 
pastors of the church, namely; Rew Andrew Ferrier, D. D., from Novein- 
ber, 1842 till August 6, 1844; Rev. Mr. Owen from June 26, 1845, to Novem- 
ber 20, 1852; Rev. James H. Callen from April 27. 1S53, to April 10. 1855. 
Rev. William F. Hamilton from October 1855. until the building, which was 



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considerably damaged by fire in the spring of IS,")?, was torn away to give 
place to a new and still better house. 

Thi' third edifice erected by the congregation was completed and dedicated 
to (lod on the 10th day of A])ril, bSfU). This was a two-story brick house, 
47 by 7.") feet in size. The avulitorium was at one time handsomely frescoed 
and fairly well furnished. 'I'lu' windows were stained glass, which were 
renewetl and im])roved in ISSl. In this house, in the fall of 18S1, the last 
session of the old Synod of Pittsburg was held and the Synod dissol\-ed. 
In the nearly 35 years' occupancy of this house by the congregation they 
were served by four pastors, namely: Rev. W. H. Hamilton, who was the 
pastor at the time the church was erected, and who resigned his office here 
on the 31st day of May, 186G. The Rev. \V. W. Ralston was installed as 
pastor on the 28th day of April, 18()7. He resigned October 1, 18(57. Mr. 
Ralston was succeeded by Rev. S. S. (lilson, who was installed May 1, 1874 — 
resigned in June. 187'.). A call was made for the services of Rev. A. S. 
Milholland on the 17lh cif April. 1880. He preached his first sermon to 
the congregation, after locating liere, on the second Sabbath in May, and was 
installed on the 15th of June, following. 

A congregational meeting was called by thi' adx ice of the session for the 
pur])ose of considering the question of repairing the old house or building a 
new one, and was hekl on Saturday, July 5, 1890, when, on motion made 
by Ji:dge Nathaniel Ewing, seconded by Judge Edward Camjjbell, it was re- 
solved that "It is the sense of this congregation that a new church building 
be erected." Pending a pretty thorough discussion of the question. Judge 
J. K. Ewing, in answer to a question, proposed by Capt. W. A. McDowell, 
as to the character, style and probable cost, expressed himself in favor of a 
handsome edifice, preferring a substantial stone btiilding with all the modem 
iinjirovements. This seemed to meet the approx'al of the congregation and 
thi- resolution was unamiously adopted. 

On motion of Judge Edward Cami)l)ell, seconded l)y Judge J. K. Ewing, 
the presiding officer of the meeting was empowered to a]ipoinl a building 
committee. The connnittee was immediately appointed, consisting of Jtidge 
Edward Campbell, Judge John K. Ewing, Captain "W. A. McDowell, Dr. I. 
C. Hazlett and Mr. M. H. Bowinan. Other names were subseciuently added. 

A soliciting committee was in like manner appointed, consisting of Judge 
Nathaniel Ewing, M. H. Bowman, D. W. McDowell, William M. Thompson, 
J. ^I. Core, W. L. Robinson, Ross B. Reed, Miss Anna L. Ewing. Mrs. Cai)t. 
Schoonmaker and Mrs. A. D. Boyd. 

Soon after this meeting a subscription paper was in due form ])ri])ared by 
the chairman of the soliciting committee, and the subscripticn headed with 
$10,000 by a member of the congregation. This was shortly after su]i])le- 
mented by other subscriptions ranging from ,$500 to $5,000 and later larger 
and lesser amounts were given. 

After a number of meetings had been held by the building comnfittee, a 
special committee was appointed, of which Judge J. K. Ewing was the chair- 
man, to secure the best possible design for the building, receive proposals 
and direct the general construction of the new church edifice. Judge Ewing 
accordinglv thereafter gave the matter all due attention, and was indeed 



First Presbj'terian Church 407 

most assiduous in his efforts to secure the most suitable plans, the most chaste 
and beautiful architecture, ornamentation, decoration, finish and furniture; 
the most substantial construction and withall the most economical, con- 
sidering the character of the house, the qtiality of the material, style and 
excellence of workmanship. To his generous efforts, more than to any other, 
is the congregation indebted for the present most commodious and elegant 
edifice. On the 20th day of June. 1S92, a congregational meeting was held, 
at which Mr. William Kauffman, architect, of Pittsburg, submitted plans 
which were adopted. Sealed proposals by four or five contractors and 
Imilders were subsequently submitted and the contract awarded to the 
lowest bidder, who was Mr. H. L. Kreu.sler, of Pittsburg. The stone and 
brick work was sublet by Mr. Kreusler to Mr. Rees Lindsley & Co., of Pitts- 
burg. At a meeting of the congregation which was duly convened on the 
5th day of A].)ril, 181)3, the deacons were authorized to make sale of the lot 
and churcli buildings, which were then still occupied. This ])ro|)erty was 
accordingly subsequently sold for $14,000, to Prof, (iriftith, to be used by 
him as an academ^^ but soon after passed into the hands of the new Central 
I'resbyterian Church. But shortly before being made ready for occupancy 
by that congregation — extensive repairs having been made upon the building — 
it was entirely destroyed by fire. After the selling of this house in Sep- 
tember, 1893, the congregation continued to occvipj' it — holding full posses- 
sion — until September 2, 1894, when it held its last services in, and 
vacated the house to which, through years of hallowed associations, manj' 
of the older members especially, of tht' chtirch, were re\-erently attached. 

From this time until the chapel of the new chvirch building was ready for 
occupancy, the congregation, through the kindness of the pastor and people 
of the Methodist Episcopal Church, held services jointly with them in their 
comfortable and commodious house. This fraternal arrangement, \\'hich 
seemed to be very mueli enjoyed by all concerned, was continued until 
January 27, lS9o, when they held their first religious services in the chapel 
or Sabbath-school room, of their new building. (They continiicd thus to 
occupy the chapel until the first of March, 1896.) In the meantime work on 
the other portions of the edifice had progressed without interruption under 
the general supervision of Judge J. K. Ewing, assisted by Mr. John D. Carr, 
who had been emploj'cd froin the time the building was begvm, for the pur- 
pose of overseeing the mechanical exectition of the work. 

The corner stone was laid June 1(1, 1894. The Rev. W. W. Ralston, D. D., 
(at that time one of the only four surx'iving pastors of this church) had been 
invited, and was expected to make the address on the occasion, bvit was 
suddenly taken sick, and tmable to be present. In his absence the Rew Dr. 
Y. N. Boyle, pastor of the M. E. Church, (jf Uniontown, was invited and 
kindly consented to make the address, which was a very happy and a])pro- 
priate one and was delivered and enthusiastically received by the large 
assembly presen t . 

The day of the dedication of the new church building — the 8th day of 
March, 189(5 — though the ground was covered witli a di'e]) snow, and the 
temperature was far Ijelow freezing, was a ha])py day to the ])eople of the 



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First Presbyterian Church, of Uniontown. The event which occurred was 
of far more than ordinary interest to them all. They were on that daj' 
privileged to witness the cvilmination of their labors for the past several 
j^ears, or since the first congregational meeting was held in July, 1890, look- 
ing toward the erection of this building. As they contemplated the very 
complete, commodiovis, handsomely finished edifice, they felt their expecta- 
tions had been more than realized, their prayers more than answered, and 
with glad and grateful hearts for the goodness and loving kindness of the 
Lord in thus crowning their efforts with so great success, they solemnly set 
apart their beautiful buildings to the worship and services of the Almighty 
God. 

Rev. A. S. Milholland, I). D., \hf present i^astor, was installed June 15, 
1880. 

Present officers of the chiux-h are, present session: Rev. A. S. MilhoUand, 
D. D.; elders, Hon. John K. Ewing, L. L. D., Hon. Nathanael Ewing, Ross 
B. Reid: clerk, William M. Thompson; Albert J. McDowell, John C. Fulton, 
Daniel Gans, John M. Taylor, Daniel H. Thompson. Deacons, William H. 
Miller, M. H. Bowman, D. W. McDowell, Dr. L. S. Gaddis, John M. Care, 
T. R. Wakefield, Judge R. E. Umble. 

SECOND PRESBYTKKIAX CIirRCII. 

The Central Presbj'tcrian church was organized September 14, 1893, and 
the congregation worshiped in Commercial hall from September, 1893, to 
September, 1894. On September 9, 189-1, they went into the old church 
building and wonshipcd muil November 12, 1894, when the building was 
burned. The congregation worshiped a short time in the C imi be rl and church 
and on December 9, 1894, went into the opera house, where they held services 
for abotit a VQar. The first meeting held to consider the building of a new 
church was November 13, 1894. 

The charter members of the church who are still with it and in good stand- 
ing, are Retta C. Bierer, John A. Bryson, Mrs. Anna B. Bryson, Mr. and Mrs. 
John C. Beatty, Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Brehm, Mrs. Jose])h Beatty, Miss Florence 
Beatty, Mrs. Rebecca Craft, Miss Maggie Elliott, Mr. and Mrs. John E. Finley, 
Mrs. Thomas W. Holland, Mrs. George Green, Mr. and Mrs. William Hen- 
shaw, Mrs. Maria J. Henshaw, Mr. and Mrs. Elias B. jefferies. Mr and Mrs. 
John S. Junk, Mrs. Almira Longanecker. 

The present modern building was begun .n 1895 and the first service was 
held in the Sunday-school room in November, 1895. 

Rev. Dr. S. R. Gordon began his work as pastor of the church January 1, 
1894, with 50 members and a debt of $12,500. There are now almost 300 
members, 297 persons have been received since Dr. Gordon came, 165 have 
been received on confession of faith in Christ. 8 1 adults have been baptized and 
an average of 30 each year have been added to the church since its organization. 
Just 29 of the original 56 members are in the church now. It is the youngest 
church in the city and yet in its membership it stands fourth. The church 



Dr. S. R. Gordon 409 



cannot boast of age but it can of rapid growth, vigor, influence, size and re- 
sults. 

The present officials of the chtirch are, 

Elders. — John R. Willson, Esq., John E. Finlcy, Samuel H. Brehm, Wni. 
J. Dickson, C. L. Smith, Wm. A. Rankin. 

Trustees. — S. H. Brehm, John S. Junk, William Henshaw, Wm. J Dick- 
son, J. M. Silbaugh. 

Treasurer. — John A. Bryson. 

S. S. Officers.- — S. H. Brehm, superintendent; J. A. Bryson, assistant 
superintendent; John Lackey, secretary; Miss Cora C. Willson, treastirer; Miss 
Retta C. Bierer, primary teacher; Chas. L. Smith, Bible class teacher. 

Prof. E. K. Heyser has led the choir and has had full charge of the music for 
about six years, to the entire satisfaction of the whole congregation. There 
has not been so much as a "ripple" in the choir since he has had charge of it. 
The choir consists of Miss Anna R. Downs, Miss Muriel Crawford, sopranos; 
Miss Cora C. Willson, Mrs. W. E. Isensee, alto; Frank Hurst, tenor; James 
E. Cook, M. G. Russell, bass. 

The new church was erected at a cost of about $25,000, built when materials 
and work were very low. The same building would now cost $40,000. The 
old church building cost $14,000. The repairs on the old chtirch bviilding 
cost $2,500. Interest on money borrowed, current expenses, exclusive of 
benevolences and general expenses for the last 10 years have amounted to 
about $32,500, making a total of $75,000, all of which has been paid. This 
has been done by a church but ten years old and with a membership ranging 
from 5G to 275. It is true material help was given by friends outside of the 
church memljership, all of which has been very greatly appreciated by the 
members of the Second Church. It shows the standing this chmxh has in 
the eyes of the good business men of the city. 

The large south window of the auditorittin was placed there by the members 
in recognition of the services of their first pastor. Dr. Gordon. The window 
on Church street was put in by John R. Willson, Esq., and Miss Mary J. Will- 
son in honor of their brother, the late James Willson. 

The ehvireh is in a more prosperous condition now than it has been since 
its organization and the handsome new building which the congregation now 
occupy will compare favorably with any of the modern churches about the 
town. The dimensions of the church are 80x102 and the seating capacity is 
500. 

DR. S. R. GORDON. 

Rev. Dr. S. R. Gordon, pastor of the Second Presbyterian chtirch, was 
born in 1852 near Mercer, Pa. His eaidy life was spent on the farm and at the 
age of 14 he entered Westminster college, from which he gradtiated in 1874 with 
great credit to himself. He spent one year in Auburn Theological Seminary. 
In 1875 he entered the Western Theological Seminary at Allegheny, from 
which he graduated in 1877 with honors. 

On his graduation he settled at Pulaski, Pa., where he was ordained and 



410 Bethel Baptist Cluircli 

installed in May, 1<S77. He remained there four years and was very suecessful 
in his work. It was dtiring his pastorate there that he married Miss Fannie 
Torrence of Xenia, Ohio, and Dr. and Mrs. Gordon reeently eelebratcd their 
silver weddin,c^ anniversary. 

In the fall of ISSO Dr. (iordon aece])ted a call t<» tln' Sharon church, one of 
the largest covintry churches in the presbytery of Pittsburg, to be the successor 
of Father Jennings, who had closed his fifty years pastorate the previous 
svimmer. A few years later Parnassus gave him a call which was accepted 
and his labors there were signally blessed. The structvirc gave way to a 
splendid new one, the congregation increased and many were added to the 
church. 

From Parnassus Dr. Gordon was called to tlic ("Innx'h of the Go\'cnant, in 
Pittsburg, which was later merged into the 'I'liird Presbyterian church. 
During his pastorate the congregation grew and tlu' church building was 
enlarged twice. Twice he was honored with the jn-esidency of the ministerial 
association of Pittsburg and Allegheny, and was sent by his presbytery as a 
delegate to the general assembly in 1S'.)I5, which was made famous by the trial 
of Prof. Briggs. In ISSS he was elected a inember of the board of directors 
of the Western Theological Seminary and was twice reelected. In 1893 
he was chosen ])ri'sident of the Allegheny County C. E. association, which 
then numl.jcred (i, ()()() memliers. 

In 1S94 Dr. Gordon accepted a call to the Central Presbj'terian church of 
L'niontown, now the Second Presbyterian. He accepted the responsible 
position and without a liouse in which to wor.ship preached to his ]n.o])le in a 
hall tmtil they could enter their edifice. His work here has l)cen \-ery effective, 
as will be noted by a reading of the history of the ('hureh In 1 SVA Dr. Gordon 
received his honorary title of D. D. 

BETHEL B.M'TIST CHrkCn 

This organization was founded in the viar 1770. and is e\'idently one of 
the first religious societies established within the Imundaries of Fayette County, 
and can be traced by its own records as a distinct organization down to the 
present time. 

In the oldest l)ook of records now in the j)ossession of the clunx'h the follow- 
ing entry is made on the first i)age: "The Regular Baptist Church of Jesus 
Christ at Uniontown, Pa., unwilling that their origin should be lost in ob- 
security, and apjjrehending, from the decayed state of the annals respecting 
the institution and progress thereof, and that they will shortly become un- 
intelligible, have by an unanimous resolution passed on this 12th day of 
November, 1812, ordered that the first book of said chtirch should be tran- 
scribed line for line in the same words and the same manner in which it was 
written, and that our brother, Samuel King, be a])]-)ointed for this service." 
From the transcri])t made l)y .Mr. King, in ])in"suance of that resolution, the 
following letter is copied verbatim, \iz; 

"The Church of Jesus Christ Bethel, Constituted as is sujjposed in Province 
of Pennsyh'ania, holds Believes, Ba])tism, &c., &c., sindeth greeting. To 



Bethel Baptist Church 411 



all Christian People to whom these may Concern, Know ye that Isaac 
Sutton is in full communion with us, and is of a Regular and of a Christian 
Conversation, and for aught we know is approved by us in general as a gifted 
Brother, and we do unitedly agree that he should Improve his Gifts as a 
candidate for the ministry where Ever god in his Providence shall Call him. 
sign'd by us this Eighth day of November, in the year of our lord Christ — 
1770. 

"Witness our hands, 

J.\coB Vanmetre. 
Richard Hall. 
Zepheniah Blackford. 
Because we are few in ntimber our Sisters are alloA\-ed to 
sign. 

Rachel Sutton. 
Lettice Vanmetre. 
Sarah Hall. 
"N. B. — That this Church was Consti- 
tuted b}' me, Nov. 7th, 1770, and that the 
Bearer was licensed to Preach before me, 
or in ni}^ Presence, as witness my hand 
this Sth day of Nov., 1770. 

Henry Crosbye." 

Associations: — The Redstone Association", according to Benedict's "His- 
tory of the Baptists," was organized in 1770. In 1777 Great Bethel Church 
sent the following messengers to that body, viz: Isaac Sutton and Philip 
Jenkins. Owing " to the difficvilty of the times," it did not suit to hold the 
Association that year at Mtiddy Creek, and it was agreed that it should be 
held at the house of Isaac Sutton. It is obvious from this that Great Bethel 
was one of the original members of the Redstone Association, with which 
it continued until 1836, and the branch which still clung to Rev. William 
Brownfield continued to send delegates until 1846, when William Brownfield, 
I. Hutchinson and S. Davis were sent to Indiana Creek Church, where it 
met that year. The other branch of the Church soon after their separation 
sent messengers to the Pittsburg Association, and were admitted to that 
body, of which this church remained a member until 1856. On the 26th of 
April, 1856, a letter was sent to the Pittsburg Association requesting dis- 
* missal from them, with a view of uniting with the Monongahela Association. 
Their request was granted, and the same year, on applying to the Mononga- 
hela Association for admission, they were received into that body, with which 
they still continue. 

Sabbath School: — The first Stinday school in connection with this chinch 
was organized in July, 1845, on motion of Rev. Isaac Wj-nn. 

As near as can be ascertained by reliable data the first church building 
was erected about 1788 or 1789 and Rev. Isaac Sutton was the first minister. 
Several houses of worship have been built in the years that have passed, but 

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412 CiuiibLTland Presbyterian Church 

the present structure was completed in 1902, and is located on the comer of 
West Fayette and Union Streets. It is of Cleveland stone, after the Ro- 
manesque style of architecture, with a corner tower. There are two cloisters 
and a parsonage connected. The auditorium is octagonal, dome-lighted 
and there are three galleries. The auditorium is furnished with a magnifi- 
cent pipe organ and is separated from a large and well-equipped Sunday- 
school room by a hoisting partition. 

The members belonging to Great Bethel Church, living near and beyond 
the Youghiogheny, were permitted to organize as a branch of the church on 
the 20th of September, 1783, but we have no further record of this organiza- 
tion. October 16, 1784, the church at George's Creek was dismissed by re- 
quest and has since become one of the leading members of the Monongahela 
Association Many other organizations also sprang from Great Bethel 
Church, in consequence of which, it is very appropriately termed the mother 
of Baptist churches in this section of Pennsylvania. 

Among those who early ministered to the spiritual wants of the members 
of Great Bethel Church we find the names of Revs. David Loofborrow, 
William Brownfield, John Thomas, Dr. James Estep, William Penny, Wil- 
liam Wood, and Israel D. King. Following these were Revs. Dr. John Boyd, 

James Sutton, WilUam Loveberry, Milton Sutton, Seymour, Isaac Wynn, 

E. M. Miles, S. H. Rui)le, B. P. Ferguson, C. E. Barto, W. W. Hickman, F. 
B. LaBarrer, J. O. Critchlow, and Rev. H. F. King, D. D., who was installed 
September 1, 1888, and still continues to the present time. 

The present officers of the church are: Clerk, D. M. Hertzog; assistant, 
Ralph Hickman; treasurer, J. S. Douglas; deacons, N. P. Cooper, Samuel 
Hatfield, J. S. Douglas, D. M. Hertzog, George L. Sloan; trustees, J. S. 
Douglas, G. W. Semans, J. V. E. Ellis, D. P. Gibson, N. P. Cooper, O. J. 
Sttirgis, J. Q. Van Swcaringen. 



CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 

"A brief narrative of the rise and organization of the Cumberland Presby- 
terian Church at Uniontown, Penn'a: 

"In that vast series of events arising in the administration of DivLne Provi- 
dence, such events occurred as directed the labors of the Cumberland Presby- 
terian missionaries to this place. In the month of December, 1831, a pro- 
tracted meeting was held by the Revs. A. M. Brien and Milton Bird, which 
continued live days. Although it commenced under very inauspicious cir- 
cumstances, yet it closed with quite favorable auspices. Owing to the 
numerous and imperious calls elsewhere, another was not held until the latter 
part of January, 1832, a third was held during the month of February, 
both by the above-named ministers. Those two last occasions were in- 
creasingly signalized with displays of Divine influence in the conviction and 
conversion of sinners, and in exciting the attention of many who had hitherto 
been thoughtless to serious reflection and decision on the subject of Chris- 
tianitv. 



St. Peter's Protestant Episcopal Cliurcli 413 

"A desire having been and still being expressed by sundry individuals 
for the formation of a Cumberland Presbyterian congregation, and God in his 

I providence having opened an effectual door in this borough and adjacent 
neighborhood, the above desire was accomplished by the formation of a Cum- 
berland Presbyterian congregation in 1832. It having been manifested 
that such an event would meet the Divine approbation, additions were made 
from time to time, and in 1832, this congregation was regularly organized. 
The names of the original members are not given in the record. The first 
natne that appears wdth dates are Sabina Campbell, Lewis Marchand, Sarah 

i Marchand, and Ann Maria McCall, who appear to have been admitted as 

I members on the 23d of December, 1832. The first pastor of the church was 
the Rev. Milton Bird. 

1 We have been unable to get any record of the church from 1832 to 1883. 

' The pastors in the order of their succession since the latter date are Revs. 
M. R. Baugh, W. S. Danley, H. C. Bird, and the present pastor, Rev. James 

[ Douglas Gould, Ph. D., who became pastor on the first of December, 1903. 

! The present officers of the church are. Elders : H. C. Jeffries, W. H. Barnes, 
W. T. Kennedy, John M. Campbell, J. P. Adams, C. W. McCann, C. F. Green, 
J. T. Sembower, John L. Huston, Dr. J. F. Hackney, and Levi Frances. The 
Deacons are: J. W. Dawson, G. B. Jeffries, W . H. Moore, Jacob Newcomer, 

5 Dr. M. L. Johnson, and William Jacobs. 

The present church edifice was btiilt in 1883 and stands on the corner of 
Beeson Avenue and Church Street. It is a Gothic structure built of brick 
with stone trimming, has a tower on one comer and a tall, graceful steeple 
on another. It stands in a large, well-shaded grassy yard which extends 
from the street in front to the street in the rear. The interior arrangement 

I is excellent for church work, having a good pipe organ, choir and organ 
rooms to the rear, a spacious gallery, reading and conversation rooms, ban- 
quet hall, kitchen, lavatories, bathroom for men and Sunday-school room, 
and is handsomely finished and furnished throughout. 



ST. PETER S PROTEST.-\XT EPISCOPAL CHURCH. 

St. Peter's Church edifice at Union town was built in 1842, and being 
furnished with temporary seats and benches (the legs of which were made 
of spokes from old stage wheels) , was opened and consecrated in October 
of the same year by Bishop Onderdonk. Before that time services were held 
periodically, first in the (old) court-house, and next in the Reform Methodist 
Church, the walls of which the Episcopals plastered, and furnished in part 
with the aforesaid temporarj^ seats, the Rev. W. W. Arnett officiating for 
the Episcopalians, and continuing rector of the parish till December, 1844, 
when he resigned. 

Capt. John Sowers and Hon. R. P. Flenniken were, at a vestrj' meeting 
held March 21, 1842, appointed wardens of said St. Peter's Chtu-ch, then 
building, and L. W. Stockton, Daniel Smith, Daniel Huston, Dr. A. H. Camp- 
bell, and William P. Wells were the other vestrymen. On Mr. Arnett's 
resignation the Rev. S. W. Crampton accepted a call, but resigned in May, 



414 St. John's Roman Catholic Church 



1845, after which Mr. James Mcllvaine (then a vestryman) held services as 
lay reader once every Lord's Day till March, 1846, when Rev. Norris M. 
Jones took charge of the parish, and resigned in October, 1848. November 
of the same year. Rev. Mr. Lawson was appointed to the parish by Bishop 
Potter. He resigned in 1849, and Rev. Dr. Rawson had charge of the parish 
till 1851, when Rev. Theodore S. Rumncy succeeded him, and resigned the 
charge in the fall of 1855, when Rev. Hanson T, Wilcoxson took charge of 
the parish, which he resigned on account of impaired health in November, 
1856. In July, 1857, Rev. Faber Byllesby (then a deacon), took charge of 
the parish, which he resigned in October, 1859, after which occasional serv- 
ices were held by Rev. John Seithead, Jubal Hodges, and others till 
April, 1862, when Rev. R. S. Smith took charge of the parish. He was fol- 
lowed by Rev. John S. Wightman. After Rev. Wightman, Rev. John S. 
Lightburn took charge. In June, 1003, the present pastor. Rev. F. E. J. 
Lloyd, D. D., was installed. 

The present church edifice was built in 1883 of sandstone at a cost of 
$40,000, and is handsomely finished and furnished. 

The present officials of the church are John N. Dawson, senior warden; 
John Thorndell, junior warden and ti-casurer, and is also superintendent of 
the Sunday School; Dr. A. P. Bowie, secretary of the vestry; William C. 
DuComb, organist and choir master. 

The church also has a fine parish house on Church Street, in which all of 
the organizations of the church have their headquarters and where they 
meet. 

For a period of nearly thirty-five years from the erection of the edifice of 
St. Peter's Church, in Uniontown, there hung in its tower an ancient bell, 
bearing the device of a crown and the date 1711, it having been cast in Eng- 
land in that year, dtiring the reign of Queen Anne, and by her presented to 
Christ Church of Philadelphia. It was used by that church for almost fifty 
years, and in 1760 was transferred to St. Peter's Church of Uniontown, 
where it remained more than eighty years, being displaced in 1842 by a 
chime of bells which had been ])resented to that church. The old bell was 
returned to Philadelphia. 



ST. JOHN S ROM.^N C.\TIIOLIC CHURCH. 

About the year 1850 a Roman Catholic house of worship was erected on 
Morgan town Street in Uniontown. The first mention which is found of its 
congregation is by the Rev. Malachi Garvey in 1856, when he reported six- 
teen families and forty-two communicants at the Easter Communion in that 
year. On the 5th of September in the same year Bishop O'Connor, of this 
diocese, administered confirmation to fifteen persons. 

In June, 1881, the Uniontown Mission and adjacent districts were set off 
as the Uniontown District, with the Rev. C. T. McDermott as pastor. He 
continued in the pastorate till June 24, 1885, when he was succeeded by Rev. 
Edward Dignam whose pastorate commenced June 28, 1885, and continued 
till December of the same year. The charge was then supplied from January 



First Methodist Episcopal Church 415 



1, 1886, to May 16th of the same year by Revs. Alexander Hughes C. P. and 
Bernardine C. P. Rev. William Kittell served from May 30, 1886, to Decem- 
ber 12, 1893. Rev. B. P. Kenna commenced the pastorate December 13, 
1893, and still continues the work. 

The present church edifice is a cruciform 122 by 70 feet, built of brick and 
trimmed with Cleveland stone and is of the Romanesque style of architecture. 
The building was commenced in the fall of 1893, the corner stone was laid 
June 10, 1894, and the church was dedicated May 19, 1895. It is located on 
Jefferson Avenue. 

FIRST METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. 

At the session of Conference held in Baltimore May 28, 1784, Redstone 
Circuit was formed, which included all of Pennsylvania west of the Allegheny 
Mountains. John Cooper and Samuel Breeze were appointed to this circuit. 
Thej^ came to Uniontown, probably in June, as Bishop Asbury preached in 
Uniontown July 7, 1784, to a congregation of seven hundred persons, and 
it is probable that Cooper and Breeze came with him. But the peculiar 
polity of Methodism in working the laymen as local preachers and exhorters 
had forestalled the appearance of the regular circuit preachers, who found in 
the vicinity of Uniontown Robert Wooster, a local preacher from England. 
Wooster, according to the best authority attainable, came to America about 
the year 1771, and coinmenced preaching in the neighborhood of Uniontown 
about 1780. Many traditions have been handed down in Methodist families 
concerning Wooster and his work, from which it is thought to be more than 
probable that he organized classes at several points in and aroimd Union- 
town. The eaiiy records of the society at Uniontown were not preserved, 
so that a correct list of the persons forming the first class or society cannot 
be furnished, although many of them are known. The oldest record now in 
the possession of the church (prior to 1881) is a treasurer's book opened 

I in 1807. 

I Cooper and Breeze reniained on Redstone circuit but one year under the 
custom of annual changes, which was then the rtile. They were followed by 
Peter Moriarit}^ John Filler and Wilson Lee. It is probable that Bishop 
Asbury came to Uniontown with the new preachers as he writes that he 
exhorted in Beesontown, July 19, 1785. 

It is not known exactly when the first meetinghouse was erected, btit as 
Asbury preached in it July 1, 1786, it is probable that it was built in 1785. 
This first church was built of logs and was 35 by 70 feet, including a school- 
house at the west end, which, however, seems to have been built on at a later 
date. Bishop Asbury coinmenced the annual session of conference in this 
house August 22, 1788. During this session of conference, Michael Leard was 
ordained and it is said that he was the first Methodist preacher ordained west 
of the Allegheny mountains. Owirtg to some inconvenience and at the in- 
vitation of Mrs. Ann Murphy, the place of meeting of the conference was 
changed from the primitive church to the home of Mrs. Murphy, who not only 
furnished a place for the meeting of the conference but entertained the whole 



ilG African Methodist Episcopal Church 



body, including the Bishop, during the entire conference. Mrs. Murphy was 
a great power in the church for good, and many of her descendents are still 
living in Fayette County, but fcAv of them, it seems, now belong to the 
Methodist Chvirch. 

Many able and eloquent men have j)rcsidcd over the destinies of the First 
Methodist Episcopal Church at Uniontown and there is perhaps not another 
point west of the Allegheny mountains where the associations and memories 
of Methodism concentrate as at Uniontown. The early planting of Method- 
ism, its well-sustained efforts in behalf of liberal education, the prominent 
position held by the denomination in its earlier days, and the great and 
good men who have been connected with the appointment, have conspired 
to make Uniontown an historical center in Western Methodism. 

The present church building is of brick, two stories high with slate roof 
and was erected in 1877-8. It has a seating capacity of about 700 and is 
located on Morgantown Street. 

The trustees at present are, A. D. Conwell, J. A. Stricklcr, J. F. Dctwiler, 
F. C. Keighley, J. V. Williams, Elijah Crossland, A. E. Jones, R. S. McCruni, 
and J. V. Graft. The stewards are, H. F. Detwiler, R. F. Hoopwod, H. L. 
Robinson, Harry Whyel, W. C. Black, R. I. Patterson, Frank Lewellen, C. 
H. LaClair, W. H. Miller, I. H. Brownfield, J. K. Ritenour, T. S. Lackey, and 
C. H. Dickson. Superintendent of Stmday school, R. F. Hopwood; presi- 
dent of Epworth League, A. E. Jones; local preacher, R. F. Sutton; class 
leader, H. L. Blackburn. 

The pastors since 1881 were Revs. N. P. Kerr, William Lynch, W. P. 
Turner, T. N. Boyle, T. F. Pershing and E. G. Loughry, D. D., the present 
pastor, who was installed October 20, 1901. 



.■\FRIC.\N METHODIST EPISCOP.^L CHURCTI. 

In the year 1822 a class of colored Methodists was formed at Uniontown, 
ttnder charge of the Rev. George Bollar, a regular minister, sent out by the 
Annual Conference of the African M. E. Church. The members of that class 
were Mrs. Hannah Burgess, John Woods, Henrietta McGill, John Webster, 
Sarah Woods, Sarah Griffin, David Lewis, Betsy Pritchard, Hannah Webster, 
and Barney Griffin. Meetings were held in the house of Mary Harman for 
two years, when they inoved to Joseph Allen's house, on the same street. 

A lot was bought for $75, June 10, 1835, of Zadoc Springer, and on this 
lot a log building was erected as a place of worship. In 1855 the old building 
was demolished, and a brick edifice was erected on the same site. 

Among the preachers were Revs. No'ah Cameron, Charles Gray, Paul 
Gwin, Samuel Clingman, Thomas Lawrence, A. R. Green, Charles Peters, 

S. H. Thompson, Coleman, Hargrave, Fayette Davis, J. Bowman, 

William Zuman, S. H. Thompson, N. H. Turpin, William Ralph, Severn 
Grace, R. A. Johnson, C. R. Green, Daniel Cooper, J. W. Asbury, W. C. 
West, W. J. Phillips, S. T. Jones. W. S. Lowry. 



Some of the Early Country Churches . 417 

ZION CHAPEL OF THE A. M. E. CHURCH. 

A colored class of this denomination, composed of five persons, was organ- 
ized by the Rev. Isaac Coleman in the fall of 1848. The class was under a 
mission charge, and for several years was supplied by the Rev. Isaac Cole- 
man, J. B. Trusty, and T. S. Jones. It became a separate charge under 
Rev. Charles Clingman. His successors have been J. P. Harner, William 
Burley, Charles Wright, William Johnson, N. H. Williams, D. B. Matthews, 
William J. McDade, H. H. Blackstone, W. A. McClure, and J. W. Tirey and 
others. 

In February, 1857, a lot was purchased of Joseph Benson, on the National 
Road, east of Redstone Creek, and an old building standing on it was fitted 
up as a house of worship during the following summer. This was done while 
the church was under charge of the Rev. Charles Wright. On the 27th of 
April, 1869, additional land was purchased and added to the lot, and a brick 
church edifice of the society was erected on it soon afterwards. 

A branch of this church was organized at George's Creek, and a church 
building was erected for its use on the Baxter farin. 

METHODIST PROTESTANT CHURCH. 

In the fall of 1830 several members of the Methodist Episcopal Church of 
Uniontown withdrew from it, and at a meeting held by them at the coiirt- 
house, were organized into a class of the Methodist Protestant denomination 
by the Rev. Zachariah Hagan. 

In March 1840, a lot was ptirchased of John Philips, located on the corner 
of Bank Alley and Church Street, and on this a brick edifice of the society 
was erected soon afterwards. The first preacher was Moses Scott. He was 
succeeded by James Robinson, William Marshall, Joseph Burns, and others, 
while the society was yet served by circuit preachers. The Rev. John Scott 
was appointed to the charge when it was first made a station. 



SOME OF THE EARLY COUNTRY CHURCHES. 



SEVENTH-DAV BAPTIST. 

George Township was the home of the only congregation of this faith ever 
organized in the county. The Woodbridgeton Church was organized prior 
to 1790, by Rev. Samuel Woodbridge, who came here in 1779. The congre- 
gation served by Revs. Woodbridge and Enoch David, went down some time 
after the war of 1812, and the old log church was torn doAvn years ago. The 
old graveyard, however, escaped the fate of the old church, and is well 
fenced and neatlj' kept, and has been enlarged. A Union church stands 
near, but no Seventh-day Ba]:)tist remains to worshi]i within its walls. 



il8 Free-Will Haptist Church 



FREE-WILL BAPTIST CHURCH. 

This denomination was intrdoticed in Fayette County, at Fayette City, by 
Elder John WilUams about 1820, and flourished up to 1853, when dissatis- 
faction Avith Elder Williams led to the downfall and dissolution of the church 
in 1860. The next Free-Will Baptist Church was organized at Belle Vernon 
in 1843, and its constituent members were from the Jordon, Free and Sprin- 
ger families. 0\er a half a century in age it has grown and prospered. 

EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH. 

The German element of pioneer population was distinctively Lutheran in 
religion, while some of its later accessions were Mennonites and Dunkards, 
and among their descendants were founded three of the later German 
churches of America. The Germans formed a larger and smaller settlement 
area in the county. They occtipied the very Egypt of the county's richest 
farming lands in the West, giving name to German township, and a second 
but later settlement center was made by Germans in the northwest, in Salt- 
lick Township. From German Township, their settlement extended into 
Nicholson and Springhill. The first church, a rude log strticture, was bviilt 
prior to 1785. The Franks, Masons, Hartmans, Pocks, Everlys, Huhns, Fasts, 
Barrickmans and others, were the founders. This mother church was known 
for years as the "Dutch Church." and has a baptism record of over fifteen 
hundred, while its membership for many years has always been over two 
hundred. 

The second settlement, which was Saltlick, contained some German Re- 
formed Church members, but both elements were under the same Lutheran 
pastor for many j-ears. This chtirch, now Good Hope, was organized about 
1788 and a log house was built. Among its founders were the Dumbaulds, 
Millers, Snj-ders and Immels. St. John's Church, near Morris' Cross Roads, 
was organized in 1865 as a branch of the old Dutch Church, by the Bakers , 
Emerj's and others. The Connellsville Chtirch was established in 1874 by 
the Hertzels, Wilhelms and Snyders. The membership reached nearly two 
hundred. Preaching is both in English and German. St. Paul's was or- 
ganized at Uniontown, December 18, 1885, with Rev. J. A. Warers, pastor, 
and forty-one of a membership. It has now a membership of nearly one 
hundred and fifty. Within late years churches were established at Chalk 
Hill and at Jumonville throvigh the labors of Rev. A. W. Watters. 

The Lutheran Church has always stood as the mother church of Protes- 
tanism, and her great mass of German followers have always been noted for 
their industry, frugality, economy and material prosperity, being generally 
more viseful than ambitious members of society, though patriotic and very 
capable of the discharge of all public duties. 

CHURCH OF GOD. 

The Church of God, or Winebrenarains, was founded in Saltlick Township 
by the Fousts, Pritts and Hostetlcrs, over forty years ago. 



Duiikards or German Baptists 419 



BRETHERN IN CHRIST. 

About 1S6S George Shoemaker introduced this church at Markk'vsburg, 
and it was generally known as the Shoemaker Chtirch. 

DUNKARDS (tUNKERS) OR GERMAN BAPTISTS. 

Martin Stuckman and Ludwing vSnj'der came in 1799 from Maryland and 
formed the Tyrone Church in 1812. Fairview Church in Nicholson was or- 
ganized in 1835; Markleysburg, about 1850; Bethel in Warton, 1850; Groves 
in Georges, 1837; Masontown, before 1870: and Uniontown, in 1884, with 
additional congregations. 

The Bakers, Gans, Hosiers, Aches, Covers, Sterlings, and Longaneckers were 
among the prominent and early members in German Township and along 
the river, while the Workmans, Thomases and Knoxes were among the early 
pioneers of the faith in the mountains. 

Of late years dissensions on the subject of dress, and other matters, have 
led to a division of the church into three bodies, the Conservatives, the large 
majority, and the Progressives, who ignore all dress restraints. Like the 
members of all other German denominations the Dunkards are peaceable and 
industrious citizens. 

THE MENNONITE CHURCH. 

The Mennonite Church, near Masontown, was founded about 1790 by the 
Johnson families and a few others. But few, if any, of this denomination are 
now to be found in the neighborhood of Masontown, but in other parts of the 
state there are still several congregations. In West Virginia and in Virginia, 
particvilarly in the Shenandoah Valley, there are manj^ Mennonites. They 
are a peace-loving, industrious and prosperous people, and are universally 
respected wherever they are known. 




Complete List of telephone Subscribers 
in the 1 hree Towns 



C. D. & P. T. CO.— BELL. 

34-L Acklin, C. P., Bakery. 

60 Adams Express Company. 

2-5 Albany Mines. 

66-W Albright & Meese, Meat Market. 

19-L Alexander Hotel. 

GS-W. . . .Anderson, Mary, Residence. 
125-L Applegate, W. B., Clipper Office. 

11-R . . . .Abrams, J. H., Residence. 

54 Armstrong, J. C, Residence. 

41-3 Armstrong Drug Company. 

55-R Armstrong, W. C, Grocery. 

126-R Atwood Hotel. 

61 Aubrey, R. L., Residence. 

42-2 Aubrey Lumber Company, West Brownsville. 

42-3 Aubrey Lumber Company, Bridgeport. 

25-2 Axton, Andrew, Residence. 

25-3 Axton, Andrew & Son. 

14-J Bar House. 

6S-J Black, Mrs. George, Residence. 

80-J Bowman, Rev. W. Scott, Residence. 

79-R Brashear, E. T., Residence. 

121-W. . . .Britton, William, Residence. 
95 Brownsville Brewing Company. 

1-J Brownsville Ice & Storage Company. 

4-2 Brownsville Supply Company. 

62-R Brownsville Light, Heat & Power Company. 

14-R Bulger, H. H. & Company, Druggists. 

79-L Burd, Ida L., Residence. 

66-R Carlysle, Wilson, Residence. 

80-R Carmack, A. A., Residence. 

21-W. . . .Carston, Mrs. F. A., Residence. 

73 C. D. & P. Telephone Company, Operator. 

34-J Chalfant, Ella, Residence. 

74-L Chalfant, S. B., Residence. 

6-2 Champion Milling Company. 

50-2 Chatland & Lenhart, Bakery. 

34-W. . . .Clemmer, E. L., Residence. 
26-J Coburn, W. A., Residence. 



"Bell" Telephone Subscribers 421 

51— W. . . .Collier, James H., Residence. 

19-R Coulter, J. H., Hardware. 

65-J Couse, Edwin P., Residence. 

IG-J Craft Supply Company. 

29-J Craft, J., Dry Goods. 

133-R Craft, U. T., Residence. 

26-R Crawford, Mrs. S. E. 

126-J Cunningham, O. M., Residence. 

5S-L Cunningham, Jesse, Residence. 

10 Dalby, J. W., Residence. 

127-J . . . .Daugherty, S. H., Residence. 

SO Diamond Coal & Coke Company. 

7(J-J Douglas, A. W., Residence. 

IS-J Eastman & Lilley, Physicians. 

14-W. . . .Eastman, Dr. Henrj', Residence. 

78-R Ecldes, Charles, Residence. 

37-3 Eclipse Milling Company. 

4S-J Edmiston, C. B., Residence. 

123-J Farson, J. L., Residence. 

63 Fayette Engineering & Construction Company. 

121-J Fear, George E., Residence. 

31-J Fear, George E., Hardwai'e. 

58-W. . . .Fisher, W. H., Residence. 

12-J Fisher, Steel & Brashear, Office. 

17-J Florence, Joseph, Residence. 

62-L Foreign Exchange. 

55-J Freeman, Harry, Restaurant. 

122 '. Gabler, J. S., Office. 

48-W. . . .Garlotts, C. C, Grocery. 

66-L Girard House. 

51-J Glynn, Rev. Thomas J., Residence. 

133-J Gould, Sterling H., Residence. 

39-R Graham, Robert, Druggist. 

45-4 Graham, S. S., Residence. 

12-L Graham, H. D., Residence. 

51-R Gregg, C. W., Residence. 

78-W . . . .Gregg, John S., Residence. 

78-J Gregg, John S., Machine Shop. 

27 Greensboro Natural Gas Company. 

10-L Griffin, W. A., Residence. 

2-2 Griffin, E. C, Residence. 

2-4 Griffin, E. C, Dry Goods. 

51-L Griffith, John, Residence. 

94-W . . . .Hakin, William, Residence. 

36 Hamburger Distilling Coinpany. 

24 Hann, T. D., Residence. 

53-J Harmon, Rev. Charles R., Residence. 

123-L Hart, ]. Percv, Residence. 



422 "Bell" Telephone Subscribers 

52-L Herbcrtson, J. & Sons, Machine Shop. 

128 Herbcrtson Hovisc (Automatic). 

72-J Hibbs, B. F., Residence. 

64-W. . . .Higinbotham, James C, Residence. 

83-R Hoover, F. S., M. D. 

54-L . . . .Hormell, W. C. Residence. 

79-J Hughes, \V. E., Residence. 

11-W Jacobs, M. R., Residence. 

11-L Jacobs, A. M. R., Residence. 

84-J Jacobs, Mrs. Ann, Residence. 

83-L Jefifries, T. J., Residence. 

82-W Jeffries. T. J., Office. 

68-R Jones, Israel, Residence. 

22-2 Kaiser, W. F., Jeweler. 

22-3 Kaiser, W. F., Residence, 

7 Keller & Crosson, Contractors. 

Sl-J Kisinger, Harry, Livery. 

SO-W .... Knox, Harriet, Residence. 

16-R Krepps, S. G., Jr., Livery. 

65-W. . . .Krepps, S. G., Jr., Residence. 

83-J Layton & Sturgis, Meat Market. 

94-L League, U. M., Residence. 

44-J Ledwith, Mrs. A. B., Residence. 

84-J Ledwith, Mary, Residence. 

46-2 Lenhart, G. W. & Son, Insurance! 

46-3 Lenhart, G. W., Residence. 

26-W. . . .Leonard, John, Residence. 

74-J Levy, Morris, Residence. 

9-J Levy, Morris, Dry Goods. 

53-AV. . . .Levy, William, Residence. 

132-L Lindsey, J. A., Residence. 

125-R Long, James, Residence. 

132-J Long, James, Office, Coal. 

11-J Lowstutter, Daniel, Meat Market. 

21-J Ljnich & Hecman, Groceries. 

Sl-W. . . .Mansour, Nicola, Assyrian Supplies, 

78-L Marker, James, Residence. 

33-L Marshall, Harry, Meat Market. 

17-R Marshall, Harry, Residence. 

72-R Mason, James, Residence. 

56-W. . . .Mason, R. D., Residence. 

56-L Mason, \V. B., Residence. 

12-R McMillen, Charles, Restaurant. 

59-J Medley, Rev. William, Residence. 

41-W. . . .Michener & Hormell, Shoes. 

58-J Miller, Sarah J., Residence. 

9-L Miller, Dr. Colley, Office. 

17-L Miller, C. J., Groceries. 



"Bell" Telephone Subscribers 4:23 



74-W Miller, Rev. C. H., Residence. 

71-J Milliken, F. C, Residence. 

121-R Milliken, H. Marj^ Residence. 

53-L Mitchell, M. C, Residence. 

33-W. . . .Mitchell, M. C, Restaurant. 

G8-L Mitchell, Joseph, Residence. 

3-2 Monongahela Ckib. 

49 Monongahela House. 

47-L Monongahela National Bank. 

100 Monongahela Railroad Company. 

9G Monongahela Railroad Ticket Office. 

15 Monongahela Railroad Trainmaster. 

69 Monongahela Railroad. 

57-2 Monongahela River C. C. & C. Company. 

57-3 Monongahela C. C. & C. Company, William Hencey, Residence. 

57-4 Monongahela C. C. & C. Company, Knob Mines. 

57-5 Monongahela C. C. & C. Company, William Gillie, Residence 

83-W. . . . Mular & Cooper, Groceries. 
130 National Deposit Bank. 

92-L Patrielle, S., Contractor, Office. 

20-2 Patton, Mrs. Helen Duncan. 

29-L Patton, T. H., Dentist. 

C4-L Patton, T. H., Residence. 

58-R Patton, C. E., Residence. 

17-W. . . .Pearsoll, D. H., Residence. 

91 Pennsylvania Hotel. 

90 Pennsylvania Railroad Company, West Brownsville. 

32-3 Pennsylvania Railroad Company, West Brownsville. 

132-W. . . .Peoples Gas & Coal Company. 
4-3 Peoples Coal Company. 

94-2 Percy, Michael, Residence. 

52-3 Pittsbtirg & Morgantown Company. 

121-2 Percy, John, Residence. 

33-J Poletz, M. R.. Fruit Store. 

41-L Power, J. P., GrocerJ^ 

132-R Power, J. P., Residence. 

76-L Pringle, C. S., Residence. 

18-L Rathmell Bros., Druggists. 

67-3 Redstone Cemetery Company. 

80-L Reichard, Dr. C. C, Residence. 

39-J Reichard, Drs. C. C. and L. N., Office. 

129-L Richey, Mrs. C. S., Boarding House. 

76-W. . . .Roberts, J. W., Residence. 

31-L Ro.ss, J. T., Residence. 

92-W . . . .Ross, J. T., Furniture Store. 

66-J Rose, Samuel, Residence. 

31-R Rutsek, Peter, Banker. 

127-R Saben, William, Residence. 



424 l-'ederal Telei)hoiK- vSuhscribc-rs 



88 Sargent, A. M., Livery. 

45-3 Second National Bank. 

88 Shank, H., Residence. 

39-L Sharpnack & Conelly, Ftirnilure Store. 

14-L Sharpnack, T. A., Residence. 

10-W. . . .Shelton, George A., Plumber. 

21-L Shtipe, H. L., Residence. 

126-L Smith & Bakewell, Groceries, West Bi-o\vnsville. 

44-L Snowdon, Mrs. Edward, Residence. 

47-3 Snowdon, C. L., Residence. 

47-4 Snowdon, J. H., Insurance. 

133-L Steele, Samuel, Residence. 

2-3 Storey House. 

Sl-R Strawn, P. P., Residence. 

72-L Swearer, A. M., Residence. 

40 Taylor, R, W., Office. 

74-R Taylor, R. W., Residence. 

125-J Thomas, J. K., Residence. 

76-R Thompson, T. H., Residence. 

64-J Thompson, George, Residence. 

43 Thompson Distilling Coinpany. 

67-R Thornton, J. R., Residence. 

65-L Thornton, James I. & Sons, Pop Factory 

56-J Todd, W. H., Residence. 

59-W Troth, O. J., Tailor Shop. 

26-L Waggoner, L. C, Residence. 

59-R Watson, Foster D., Residence. 

16-L Weekly Monitor. 

28-J West Brownsville Boiler Works. 

38 Western Union Telegraph Company. 

59-L Wilkenson, Mary, Residence. 

71-L Williams, F. M., Restaurant. 

82-R Winans, W. V., Residence. 

53-R Wood, Mary, Residence. 

127-L Vogt, John, Residence. 



FEDERAL TELEPHONE COMPANY 

142 Abraham, Dr. A. C, Dentist. 

Ill Acklin's Bakery, Market Street. 

98 Adams, Lloyd, Barber Shop (Automatic). 

60 Albion Hotel, J. Will Gribl>le, Proprietor. 

14G Altman, John, Residence. 

71 Arensberg Brothers, Residence. 

27 Ai-mstrong Drug Company. 

81 Atkins, H., Residence. 

148 Atwood Hotel, Rob't Byland, Proprietor. 



Federal Telephone Subscribers 425 



52 Atwood Hotel, West Brownsville (Pay Station). 

S Barr House, J. E. Rickard, Proprietor (Automatic). 

37 .... Bridgeport Public Schools. 

48 Bowman, Charles W., Justice of Peace, Office. 

70 Bowman, Charles W., Residence. 

61 Brownsville Public Schools. 

1 Brownsville Ice & Storage Company, West Brownsville. 

29 Brownsville Union Station. 

95 Brownsville Brewing Coinpany, Office. 

32 Burgess Office, Bridgeport. 

31 Burgess Office, Brownsville. 

78 Camino, Joseph, Bakerj^ Grant Avenue. 

38 Camino, Mike & Company, Bakery, Coal Road. 

92 Campbell, W. L., Groceries, 

64 Cope, Eli, Chief of Police, Bridgeport. 

91 Conelly, Thomas, Residence. 

20 Coulter, John H., Hardware. 

79 Crayble, Maude, Residence. 

110 Craft, James, Dry Goods. 

24 Craft. W. S., Meat Market. 

74 Cunningham, O. M., Residence, West Brownsville. 

Darby, William M., Residence, Brown Farm. 

9 Daugherty, W. T., Barber Shop. 

49 Davigherty, W. T., Residence. 

84 Daugherty, John, Residence, West Brownsville. 

99 Dearth, William, Residence. 

87 Devault, W. D., Residence. 

67 Douglas, A. W., Residence. 

51 Garlotts, C. C, Grocer. 

43 Girard House (Pay Station). 

55 Gottesman Brothers, Gi^occries. 

113 Graham, H. D., Dentist. 

45 Greensboro Natural Gas Company. 

34 Gi"egg, Dr. Ira M., Veterinary Surgeon. 

93 Gribblc, E. Baird, Residence. 

25 Griffith, Sherley, Residence. 

14 Hann, T. D., Residence. 

28 Hart, J. Percy, Residence. 

41 Hart, David M., Residence. 

44-1 Hazelton, Thomas, Residence. 

36 Herbertson, J. & Sons, Machine Shop. 

56 Herskovitz, Ignatz, Groceries. 

77 Hibbs, B. F., Residence. 

63 Higinbotham, James C, Residence. 

83 Hoover, Dr. F. S., Office. 

26 Hormell, H. H., Clothing. 

105 Hornbake, Herburt, Residence. 

65 Hotel Good (Automatic), West Brownsville. 



426 Federal Ti.'lfi)h()iu- Subscribers 

125 Ingram, Waiter, Residence. 

58 Jacobs, M. R., Residence. 

75 Jones, George W., Residence. 

85 Kenney, C. L., Residence. 

59 Kisinger, Harry, Livery. 

68 Klein, Max, Residence. 

G2 Lenhart, George W. & Son, Insurance. 

12 Levy, William, Clothing. 

72 Levy, William, Residence. 

73 Lutes, Elgie, Residence. 

54 Marshall, Harry, Meat Market. 

4 Martinclli, Lugi, Residence. 

47 McKenney, J. E., Residence. 

13-3 . . . .Meese, John M., Residence. 
57 Mitchell, M. C, Restaurant. 

"147 Moore, P C, Residence. 

IS Monongahela National Bank. 

13-2 . . . .Murray, Sam'l T., Residence. 

3 National Deposit Bank. 

72 O'Hara, M. M., Residence. 

IK) Pastoris, Mrs. Hugh, Residence. 

69 Patterson, A. C, Chief of Police, Brownsville. 

50 Pennsylvania Hotel, James Risbeck, Proprietor. 

15 Pennsylvania Hotel (Automatic). 

11 Pittsburgh, Brownsville & Morgantown Packet Company. 

88-2 . . . .Pratt, W. D., Photographs. 

88-3 .... Pratt, W. D., Residence. 

94 Province, David J., Residence. 

86 Pumping Station, Brownsville Water Company. 

35 RathmcU Brothers, Druggists. 

6-2 Robinson, H. W., Druggist, Brownsville. 

6-3 Robinson, D. Fred, Druggist, Bridgeport. 

30 Ross, J. T., Furniture and Undertaking. 

53 Sargent, A. M., Livery. 

96 Sargent, A. M., Residence. 

7 Second National Bank. 

10 Sharpnack & Conelly, Furniture and Undertaking. 

16 Shelton, George A., Plumber. 

5 Shelton, George A., Residence. 

82 Smith, Dr. Alfred C, Office. 

19 Snowdon, J. H., Insurance and Real Estate. 

23 Star Meat Market, Chadwick & Anderson, Proprietors. 

39 Stewart, Robert J., Plumber. 

17 Swan, Alfred, Residence. 

— Thcakslon, F. B., Jeweler. 

40 Thornton, James I. & Sons, Pop Factory. 

21 Thornton, James I., Residence. 

33 Union Stables, Gregg & Sy[)hens, Proprietors. 



Monongahela Valley Telephone Subscribers 427 



46 Weekly Monitor, E. P. Couse, Editor. 

42 Wells, E. B.. Bakery, West Brownsville. 

44-2 West Brownsville* Council Chamber. 

109 White, John, Residence. 



MONONGAHELA VALLEY TELEPHONE COMPANY. 

The following is a list of the Monongahela Valley Telephone Company's 
subscribers, to which the subscribers of the Federal Telephone Compan}'- 
of the Three Towns have free access : 

65- H Acklin, R. H., Residence. 

58-4 Acklin, Joseph, Residence. 

65-A Ackli)!, Geo. W., Residence. 

59-2 Ainsey, E A., Residence. 

65-4. . . . .Arensberg, Dr. Lewis F., Residence. 
65-3 Arensberg, J. R., Residence. 

6-1 Atikerman, Rev., Residence. 

56-2 Baird's Farm, Residence. 

65-B . . . .Baker, Robert, Residence. 
67-B . . . .Barber, John, Residence. 

66-1 Brownsville Toll Line. 

53-4 Childs, Thomas, Residence. 

70-H . . . .Christopher, Newton, Residence. 
64-C .... Christopher, Will, Residence. 

58-C Conwell, J. W., Residence. 

58-2 Conwell, N. E., Residence. 

8-1 Conwell, Jehu, Residence. 

61-3 Craft, Capt. W. S., Residence. 

54-2 Dearth, G. W., Store. 

58-L .... Dearth, Walter, Residence. 

1-1 Dunaway, James, Residence. 

60-F . . . .Finley, f. W., Residence, New Salem. 

67-2 Gadd, L. S., Store. 

56-4 ....Gadd, William, Residence. 

63-4 Gallaher, John. Residence. 

62-2 Garwood, O. J., Residence. 

65-0 . . . .Garwood, Obed, Residence. 
69-4 . . . .Garwood, Wm., Residence. 

14-1 Gilmore & Hantz, Store. 

57-G . . . .Gray, John, Residence. 

67-G . . . .Guseman, William, Residence. 

65-? Hackney, Jehu, Residence. 

62-3 Hess, Ira, Residence. 

7-1 Hess, Virgil, Residence. 

53-3 Hibbs, Ross, Residence. 

60-4 Hibbs, Aaron, Residence. 

64-3 Hibbs, Vankirk. Residence. 



428 IMonoiii;aliL'la \'alley Telephone vSubscribers 



57-2 Hibbs, James, Residence. 

64-2 Hogsett, William, Residence. 

5-2 Hxirst, Rev., Residence. « 

67-3 Jacobs, M. R., Residence, East Riverside. 

59-0 . . . . Jubilirer at Orient, Coal Works. 

58-H .... Husted-Seaman's C. & C. Company's Store. 

59-K .... Keener, J. B., Meat Market. 

58-K .... Krepps, George, Residence. 

67-L . . . .Leighty Brothers, Residence. 

()3-L . . . .Lynn, Clarence, Residence. 

11-1 Mellingcr, Dr. K. S., Office. 

62— A . . . .Merriman, A. J., Residence. 

69-2 McClelland, A. M., Residence. 

56— M . . . .McCormick, Jesse, Residence. 
57-3. . . . .McMullcn, J. R., Residence. 

2-1 McMvillen, Dr. Uriah, Office. 

63-2 McDougal, John, Residence. 

58-M . . . .Miller, C. L., Residence, Ormond. 

70-4 Miller, Richard, Residence. 

61 — 1 Moore, Frank, Residence. 

62-4 Newcomer, Newton, Residence. 

58-3 Newcomer, Hamilton, Residence, Heistersburg. 

60-3 Noble, L. J., Residence, Orient. 

3-2 Orient Coal & Coke Company, Office. 

3—3 Orient Svipply Company, Store. 

59-2 Ormsby, E. O., Agent Monongahela R. R., New Salem. 

57-4 Parks, J. J., Residence. 

70-A . . . .Percy, J. A., Residence. 

61-2 Porter, Nat E., Residence. 

70— C .... Porter, Cephus, Residence. 

53-2 Rhoadaback, W^illiam .Residence. 

65— G .... Ridge, George, Residence. 
65— A . . . .Ridge, John, Residence. 
63—11 . . . .Roberts, Huston, Residence. 

67-4 Rose, Smith, Residence. 

61— S . . . .Sliger, Orvis, Residence. 

64-4 Sttiart, George A., Residence. 

57— C . . . .Stuart, Charles, Residence. 
61— W. . . .Stuart, William J., Residence. 

5-3 Swearer, T. J., Residence. 

56-3 Tower Hill — Hogg Farm, Residence. 

4-1 Vankirk, J. R., Residence. 

63-3 Vankirk. ']. D., Residence. 

69—3 Wilkinson, Ephriam, Residence. 

11-1 Woods, T. L., Residence. 

Additional phones to be installed soon : 
Allen, Charles, Residence. 



Home Mutual Telephone Subscribers J:29 



Lynn, David, Residence. 
Porter, Ewing, Residence. 
Richards, Charles, Residence. 
Vernon, John G., Residence. 



HOME MUTUAL TELEPHONE COMPANY. 

The following is a list of the Home Muttial Telephone Comjiany's sub- 
scribers, to which the subscribers of the Federal Telephone Company of the 
Three Towns have free access: 

Allen, Mr., Residence. 
Baker, F. D., Residence. 
Binns, W. H., Residence. 
Bitner, W. E., Residence. 
Brenton, William, Residence. 
Chew, John, Residence. 
Deems, Mrs. M. E., Residence. 
Dorsey, Cash, Residence. 
Dorsey, Charles, Residence. 
Duvall, George, Residence. 
Dwyer, T. V., Residence. 
Elwood, Robert J., Residence. 
Gillis, David, Residence. , 
Gillis, Lindsay, Residence. 
Griffith, Dr., Residence. 
Griffith, L. M., Residence. 
Grimes, W. S., Residence. 
Hancock, George, Residence. 
Hamer, John, Residence. 
Hannen, H. H., Residence. 
Hill, J. G., Residence. 
Hill, j. W., Residence. 
Hill, Ora, Residence. 
Hormell, Cleaver, Residence. 
Hormell, R. P., Residence. 
Horton, J. W., Residence. 
Kenney, J. W., Residence. 
Kenney Sisters, Residence. 
Kinder, L V., Residence. 
Linton, O. M., Residence. 
McEldowny, William, Residence. 
Moffitt, Clyde, Residence. 
Mofhtt, Hopkins, Residence. 
Moss, W. C, Residence. 
Nelan, Harry, Residence. 
Nelan, Robert, Residence. 



430 HoiiR' ;\Iutual Telc-])lii)iie Subsrrihc-rs 

Neihouse, Henry, Residence 

Nixon, A. J.. Residence. 

Nixon, 1. B,, Residence. 

Nixon, James, Residence. 

O'Donnell, Eliza, Residence. 

O'Donnell, W. C, Residence. 

Pepper, John, Residence. 

Pep]jer, William, Residence. 

Pike Rt:n Mill, Jesse Hornbake, Proprietor. 

Ruble, Maggie, Residence. 

Rtible, H. L., Residence. 

Smith, Charles, Residence. 

Smith, Henry L., Residence. 

Smith, R. G., Residence. 

Taylor, J. T., Residence. 

Taylor, OUie, Residence. 

Theakston, Annie, Residence. 

Theakston, T. H., Residence. 

Theakston, J. L., Residence. 

Theakston, L. L., Residence. 

Theakston, T. B., Residence. 

Thistlethwaite, E. T., Residence. 

Thistlethwaite, Russell, Residence. 

Thistlethwaite, Samuel, Residence. 

Ward, John, Residence. 

Ward, Oscar, Residence. 

Walker, S. G., Residence. 

Watkins, Archie, Residence. 

Watkins, Charles, Residence. 

Watkins, John, Residence. 

Williams, R. II., Residence. 

Williams, William, Residence. 

Willock, Frank, Residence. 

Witherow, CM., Residence. 

Woodfill Brothers, Residence. 

Wright, Charles, Residence. 

Wright, Luke, Residence. 




History ot Uniontown 

Where, WhEx and Bv Whom Laid Out — Whex Ixcorporated — Beeson's 
Mill — Letter of Ephraim Douglass Describixg the Towx ix 1784 
— Two Widows, Several Reputed Old Maids and a Stillhouse — 
Land-poor — Uniontown of Today- — Financial Institutions — The 
Sky-scraper — History of the First National Bank and Josiah 
Vankirk Thompson — Newspaper History — Biography and Illus- 
trations. 

THE COUNTY SEAT AND WHERE LOCATED. 

Uniontown, the connty seat of Fayette County, is located a little west of 
the center of the county between North and South Union townships, near 
the head waters of Redstone, and its history proper dates back to about 1767, 
when the land on which the town is now located was taken up bj^ Henry 
Beeson and Thoinas Douthet. Mr. Beeson was a Quaker and came here from 
Virginia. Beeson was evidently a inan of energy and ability from the facts 
that afterwards transjjired. Some time prior to 1774, the date cannot be 
ascertained, he bought Douthet's land and it seeins from the first, contem- 
plated starting a town. The tract on which Beeson settled Avas called by 
him '"Stone Coal Run," and was surveyed to hiin by Alexander McClean in 
1769. It contained 355 acres, lying w-est of Morgantown street, which was 
the eastern botindary. The tract he bought from Douthet contained 314} 
acres, was called by Douthet "Mill Seat" and lies east of what is now Mor- 
gantown street. The patent for this tract was not issued to Mr. Beeson till 
August 11, 17S(), though he had bought it of Douthet about eleven j^ears 



previous. 



BEESON'S MILL— BEESON TOWN. 



One of the first things Mr. Beeson did was to erect a mill on the ground 
bought from Douthet, which stood, and proved a godsend to the people 
bctAveen the Youghiogeny and the Monongahela for over fifteen years. In 
fact it is not many years since the last traces of the old raceway disappeared. 
This was known as Beeson's mill and this was the name he gave to the first 
town plot he laid out in 177('', which was also located on the lands purchased 
from Douthet. The itlat consisted of 54 lots and they are said to have been 
raffled off on the day the Declaration of Independence was signed in Phila- 
delphia. "Beeson's Mill" soon gave way to "Beeson's Town," by Avhich 
latter name it was j)rincipally known till ISOO, thotigh it was sometimes 
called Union Town as early as 1780. For many years the town grew but 
little, and was of little conseqiience, as is shown by the following letter to 
Gen. James Irvine by E])hraim Doiiglas early in 1784: 




U. S. Senator M. S. Quay. IJe 



V . S. Senator I5ois Tenrose 



Letter of Ephriain Douj^las 433 

LETTER OF KPHRAIM DOUGLAS. 

"My Dear GeneraL 

"If my promise were not engaged to write to you, my inclinations are 
sufficiently so, to embrace with alacrity any opportunity of expressing the 
gratitude so justly due to yottr friendship, of declaring the sincerity of mine. 

"This Uniontown is the most obscure spot on the face of the globe. I 
have been here seven or eight weeks without one opportunitj' of writing to 
the land of the living, and, though considerably south of you, so cold that a 
person not knowing the latitude would concltide we were placed near one of 
the poles. Pi"a\% have yon had a severe winter below? We have been 
frozen up here for more than a month past, but a great many of us have 
been bred in another state, the eating of Homany is as natural to us as the 
drinking of whisky in the morning. 



WIDOWS, MAIDS AND \ STILLHOUSE. 

"The town and its appurtenances consist of our president and a lovel_y 
little family, a court-house and school-house in one, a mill, and consequently 
a miller, four taverns, three smith shops, five retail shops, two tan-yards, 
one of them only occupied, one saddler's shop, two hatters' shops, one mason, 
one cake woman (we had two, but one of them having committed petit 
larceny is upon banishment), two widows, and some reputed maids, to 
which may be added a .distiller3^ The upper part of this edifice is the habi- 
tation, at will, of your humble servant, who, beside the smoke of his own 
chimney, which is intolerable enough, is fumigated by that of two stills 
below, exclusive of the other efifluvia that arises from the dirty vessels in 
which they prepare the materials of the stills. The upper floor of my parlor, 
which is also my chamber and office, is laid with loose clapboards or punch- 
eons, and both the gable ends entirely open; and yet this is the best place 
in mj power to procure till the weather will permit me to build, and even 
this I am subject to be ttimed out of the inoinent the owner, who is at 
Kentucky, and hourly expected, returns. 



PLENTY OF LAND BUT NO MONEV. 

" I can say little of the eotintry in general but that it is very poor in every- 
thing but its soil, which is excellent, and that part contiguous to the town 
is really beautifiil, being level and prettily situated, accommodated with 
good water and excellent meadow-ground. Btit money we have not, nor 
any practicable way of making it; how taxes will be collected, debts paid, 
or fees discharged I know not; and yet the good people appear willing enough 
to run in debt and go to law. I shall be able to give you a better account 
of this hereafter. 

"Col. Maclean received me with a degree of generous friendship that 
docs honor to the goodness of his heart, and continues to show every mark 



Hull. SaiiuicI \\'. Peniiypacker 
Clovciiior of rcniisylvaiiia 



Frank M. ]''ullcr, of I'nioiitowii 
Sfcrctars of Uic Conniioiiwealth 



Uniontowii of To-day 435 



of satisfaction at my appointment. He is determined to act under the 
commission sent him by (?omicil, and thotigh the fees wonld, had he declined 
it, have been a considerable addition ti> niy profits, I cannot say that I re.cjret 
his keeping them. He has a nnnierous small family, and though of an ample 
fortttne in lands, has n(3t cash at command. * * * 



DISSENSION OVER PUBLIC BUILDINGS. 

"The general course of the coimtry, disunion, rages in this little mud- 
hole with as much fierceness as if they had each pursuits of the utmost im- 
portance, and the most opposed to each other, when in truth they have no 
pursuits at all that deserve the name, except that of obtaining food and 
whisky, iov raiment they scracely use any. The commissioners — trustees, 
I should say — having fixed on a spot in one end of the town for the pviblic 
buildings, which was by far the most proper in every point of view, exclusive 
of the saving expense, the other end took the alarm and charged them with 
partiality, and have been ever since uttering their complaints. And at the 
late election for justice, two having been carried in this end of the town and 
none in the other, has made them riuite outrageous. This trash is not worth 
troubling you with, therefore I beg your pardon, and am with unfeigned 
esteem, dear general, am 

" Yotu" A'cry hiunble servant, 

"Epiiraim Dougl.\s." 



UNIONTOWN OF TODAY 



Many years have elapsed since that letter was written and many things 
have transpired since then. Uniontown has grown from an insignificant 
village to one of the most important and one of the most progressive towns 
in Westeim Pennsylvania. Almost every branch of commercial industry 
is today represented within her bounds; magnificent .brick blocks have re- 
placed the log cabins; the National Pike took the place of the more primitive 
roads and was in turn succeeded by the steel rail and the locomoti\'e; money 
is no more scarce, but plentiful, if you have an ecpiivalent, the town boasting 
one of the finest banking hotises in the State, a magnificent "sky-serajjer," 
and one of the strongest banking institutions in the United States; one 
court-house after another has occupied the site sold to the county by Henry 
Becson in 1784. as he says in the transfer "for and in consideration of the 
love I bear for the inhabitants of Fayette (bounty and for the further con- 
sideration of sixpence to me in hand well and truly paid." till the result is 
the present group of magnificent ptiblic buildings. The little insignificant 
shops of which Prothonotary Douglas wrote, have vanished and in their 
place we find metro|-)olitan stores Avhere each hour of the day more people 
are served than then constituted the entire yiopulation of the town. 




President JiuLire K. U. Reppert Jiidk'e R. K. Umbel 

SuprcuK- Judge S. 1.. Mestrezal 



The Union liank of Pennsylvania 437 

THE UNION BANK OF PENNSYLVANIA. 

The first banking institution established in Uniontown \vas named "The 
Union Bank of Pennsylvania," which commenced operation (though then 
unchartered), in the autumn of 1812. The promoters of the project were 
a number of gentlemen, whose names are embraced in the following list, it 
being that of the first directors of the bank, viz; John Kennedy, Nathaniel 
Breading, J. W. Nicholson, Jesse Evans, Joseph Huston, Samuel Tre\-or, 
Thomas Mcason, Hugh Thompson, Ellis Bailey, Jacob Beason, Jr.. John 
Campbell, Reuben Bailey, John Miller, David Ewing, George Ebbert. 

The articles of association were signed May 1, 1812, and the bank (or 
rather the unchartered association which so designated itself) commenced 
business in October of that year, in an old frame building which stood on 
the site of Mr. Z. B. Springer's present store. By the tenor of the following 
letter (copied from the old letter book of the bank\ it will be seen that the 
amount paid in was less than cme-eighth of the nominal capital: 

"Union Bank of Pennsylvania, 7th Dec, 1813. 
"Sir, — The directors of this institution have unanimously agreed to accept 
the Composition mentioned in the act of Congress laying ckxties on notes 
of Banks, bankers and certain comj^anies, on notes, bonds, and obligations 
discountedby banks, bankers and certain companies, and on bills of exchange 
of certain descriptions passed August 2nd, 181o, and I have been directed 
to write you on the Subject. As we have rec"d no letters froiTi you we 
are at a loss to know precisely the infonnation that may be required. 

"This bank went into operation in October, 1812, on a capital of only 
$(.)(), 000, and declared a dividend on the first day of May last of five per Cent. 
An additional sale of Stock was then made of 4,000 shares of $10 each, and 
on the first of November last a Second Dividend was declared of five per 
cent. At present our capital is .f 100,000 actually paid in. According to the 
Articles of associations the directors may sell stock until the Capital shall 
be $500,000, but it is not contemplated by them at this time to make any 
addition to the present amount. Should they do so, you shall be regularly 
advised. Any further information you may wish, I will with pleasure com- 
municate, and am, 

""Wilh much res]-eet, 

"Your Obt Ser\'ant, 

"J(Mix Sims, Cashier. 
"Hon. Wm. Jones, 

"Acting Sec'y of the Treasury, U. S." 

The institution became a chartered bank in 1814 under a legislative act 
of incorporation approved March 21st of that year. On the 28th of May, 
1814, Cashier Sims wrote to a correspondent: " * * * We expect in 
a few days to move into a new lianking house now finished for our occupation." 
This is found in the old letter book of the bank. The new Iniilding referred 
to in the letter was the depot of the Southwest Railroad Company. It was 
aftei'wards pmxhased by the bank of Fayette- County. 




Conjiressiuaii Alkii )■". Cooper 
Asseniblynian Andrew A. Thompson 



State Senator B. N. Freeland 
Assemblyman Lewis F. Arensberg 



National Bank of Fayette County 439 



It has been often stated, and seems to be the general belief, that the Union 
Bank of Pennsylvania failed and went out of business in 1817. 

The exact date of the final closing of the banlc has not been ascertained, 
but it is certain that it was not long after the date of the above notice. 

NATIONAL BANK OF FAYETTE COUNTY. 

By an act of the Legislatui^e of Pennsylvania, approved December 5, 
1857, the bank of Fayette County was incorporated. The corporators were 
Isaac Beeson, John Huston, Henry W. Beeson, Armstrong Hadden, Joshua 
B. Howell, Ewing Brownfield, Joseph Johnson, John K. Ewing, Alfred Pat- 
terson, William Brj'son, Asbury Struble, Everard Bierer, Sr., Josiah S. Alle- 
baugh, Henry Yeaglej', Isaac Franks, Jacob Overholt, Thomas B. Searight, 
Jacob Murphy, Joseph Hare, Joseph Heaton, John Morgan, and Farrington 
Oglevee. The charter was dated Jvily 9, 1858. 

The first board of directors was composed of John Htiston, Daniel Sturgeon, 
Isaac Beeson, Everard Bierer, John Miirphy, James Robinson, Robert 
Finley, Isaac Sidles. Jr., Henry W. Gaddis, J. Allen Downer, Joshua B. 
Howell, Alfred Patterson, Daniel R. Davidson. President, Alfred Patterson; 
Cashier, W. Wilson. 

The first meeting of directors was held August 16. 1858, and the bank 
commenced business on the first day of September following. 



PEOPLE'S BANK OF FAYETTE COUNTY. 

This bank was chartered March 21, 187.1, the following-named gentlemen 
being the corporators: S. A. Gilmore, Alfred Howell, C. E. Boyle, William 
McCleary, Eli Cope, J. D. Roddy, Ewing Brownfield, E. M. Ferguson, J. H. 
McClelland, J. A. Searight. The board of directors was composed of the 
following: Ewing Brownfield, President: Alfred Howell, James Robinson, 
James A. Searight, Cashier, John D. Roddy, James Beatty. 

The bank commenced business July 14. 1873. On the 12th of August in 
that year the cashier, Mr. Searight, resigned, and was succeeded by M. H. 
Bowman. 

DOLLAR SAYINGS BANK OF UNIONTOWX. 

This bank commenced business Jantiary 1, 1870, with the Hon. A. E. Wil- 
son as president, and Armstrong Hadden as cashier. Upon the election of 
Mr. Wilson as judge of this district in 1873 he retired from the presidency 
of the bank, and was succeeded by Robert Hogsctt, Esq. In October, 1872, 
C. S. Seaton was appointed to the cashicrship made vacant by the death of 
Mr. Hadden. Mr. Seaton remained cashier until April, 1878, when he retired, 
and was succeeded by Henry McClay. who had previously been teller. The 
business of the bank closed July 19, 1878. 




District Att()riie,\- Alfred ]•;. Jones 
.Sheriff Samuel E. Frock 



Asst. District Attoriiev Thos. H. Hudson 
County Detective Alex. McBeth 



Fayette Count}- Mutual Fire Insurance Company 441 



FAYETTE COUNTY MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY. 

This company was organized Sept. 2, 1844, the corporators being Isaac 
Beeson, John Dawson, Alfred McClelland, Andrew Byers, William B. Roberts, 
James T. Cannon, Ewing Brownfield, John Hviston, Robert T. Flenniken, 
Daniel Kaine, James Piper, Samuel Y. Campbell, and Everard Bierer. 
Isaac Beeson was chosen president, and Daniel Kaine secretar}^ 

Dtu-ing the first year of the company's business fifty-three policies were 
written, aggregating a risk of $107,000. The total amotmt of risks from the 
organization of the company in 1844 to Jan. 1, 1881, was $5,259,505. Total 
number of premivun notes taken, 3,317, aggregating $444,260.21. 

UNION BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION. 

On the 2d of April, 1870, a number of citizens convened at Skiles' Hall in 
Uniontown, for the purpose of organizing the above-named association. 
Officers were elected as follows: Pi^csident, Jasper M. Thompson; secretary, 
A. C. Nutt; treasiu-er, John H. McClelland; directors, John H. Miller, A. M. 
Gibson, J. A Laughead, John K. Ewing, W. H. Bailey, D. M. Springer, and 
Hugh L. Rankin. 

On the 18th of April a constitution and by-laws were adopted. Section 2 
of the former declares that "The object of this association shall be the ac- 
cumulation of money to be loaned among its members for the purchase of 
houses or lands, or for building or repairing the same and acquiring home- 
steads. 

FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF UNIONTOWN. 

In April, 1854, a private banking office was opened in Uniontown by Mr. 
John T. Hogg. Prior to that time, and after the closing of the old Union 
Bank of Pennsylvania, the financial business of the borough had been done 
principally with the bank of Brownsville. Mr. Wilson was its first cashier. 
In Augvtst, 1858, he resigned to accept the cashiership of the Bank of Fayette 
County, and James T. Redburn sticceeded him in Mr. Hogg's bank. Soon 
afterwards the bank passed into possession of Isaac Skiles, Jr., by whom it 
was continued as a private institvition until 1864, when, in conformity with 
the provisions of the National Banking law, it became the First National 
Bank of Uniontown, with a paid-up capital of $60,000, increased Jantiary 1, 
1872, to $100,000. 

The corporators of the National Bank were Robert Finley, C. S. Seaton, 
Jasper I\I. Thompson, Eleazer Robinson, William Hurford, Isaac Skiles, Jr., 
James T. Redburn, Hiram H. Hackney, and John Wilson; articles of associa- 
tion dated January 2, 1864. The bank commenced business May 3, 1864, 
in the banking rooms which it occupied until it moved into its commodious 
and elegant rooms in the sky-scraper. 

The first board of directors was composed of Messrs. Skiles. Robinson, 
Seaton, Thompson, Redburn, and Finley. Pres. Isnac Skiles. Jr.; Cashier, 
James T. Redburn. In January, 1870. Jasper ^I. Thompson was elected 
president, and in the following May, Josiah V. Thompson was elected cashier 
on the death of Mr. Redburn. 




Thos. Scott nuiiii 
Prohibition County Chairman 



Wooda N. Carr 
Democratic County Chairman 

D. W. Henderson 
Republican County Chairman 



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THE PRESENT FIRST NATIONAL BANK — THE SKY-SCRAPER." 

On the corner of Union and Pittsburg streets, Uniontown, Pa., the First 
Xational Bank building, rears its eleven stories skyward. It is one of the 
linest "sky-scrapers" in Western. Pennsylvania, contains 509 rooms and has 
a floor space of 102,845 square feet. It is the first structure of its kind ever 
built in a town the size of Uniontown and stands as a lasting monument to 
the energy and acumen of Joshia V. Thompson, President of the First 
National Bank, a sketch of whose remarkably successful career appears else- 
where. The building has a south frontage of 145 feet on Main Street and an 
east frontage of 68 feet on Pittsburg Street; also a north frontage of 102 feet 
on Peter Street and adjoins the McClelland House on the west, extending 
151 feet from Main Street. The building consists of eleven floors, basement 
and attic, built after the most improved pattern of modern steel frame con- 
struction, and is absoUitely fireproof throughout. 

The exterior finish is of solid granite up to the third floor, and above this 
btiff brick and terra cotta. The interior finish is handsome and expensive. 
All corridors and toilet rooms are wainscoted in marble and have floors of 
mosaic tile, while a staircase with marble tread runs from basement to attic. 
Plate glass is used in all the windows, and there is an unobstructed view 
above the third floor. A large court, 35 by 50 feet, in the center of the bviild- 
ing, admits an abundance of light to all the rooms. The woodwork is of 
mahogany and ciuartered oak. There are private elevators and entrances 
to the apartments and flats. 

The first floor is occupied by the First' National Bank and seven store 
rooms of various descriptions; three of these store rooms facing on ^lain Street 
and four on the Arcade. 

The second and third floors, excepting rooms fronting on Main Street, 
are arranged for apartments with handsomely equipped bathrooms. There 
are offices, tailoring shops and lodge room on the third floor front. 

The fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh floors are arranged for offices. Vaults, 
hot and cold water, coat closets, wash basins and electric-light fixtures are 
placed in all these oftices. 

The eighth, ninth and tenth floors arc ari-anged for apartments, with bath- 
rooms, and the appointment of these is unsurpassed in elegance and con- 
venience. 

The eleventh floor is arranged for flats. These rooms have been placed 
in suites stiitable for families desiring kitchens, dining rooms, etc., with all 
the modern conveniencies. These flats are arranged in rooms of four to 
eleven rooms, including everything for the comfort and convenience of 
tenants. 

Special arrangement of floor space has been made for the C. D. & P. Tele- 
phone Exchange, two lodge rooms, a clubroom and a business college. 

There are four main entrances to the building proper, besides store-room 
entrances, bank entrances, corner Main and Pittsburg streets. Apartment 
entrance, Main Street; Arcade entrance, Peter Street. 

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There are two artesian wells of excellent water located in the btiilding, 
insuring an abundance of pure water at all tiines. 

The building is equipped with four rapid elevators, steam and electric 
plant and mail chute. A refrigerating plant furnishes ice water to all the 
rooms and ofifices in the building. 

Lavatories and toilet rooms are located on the third floor for the use of 
the offices. Also on this floor, under capable managment, is a well-appointed 
barber shop, with bath and showers. Special toilet rooins for ladies are 
provided on the second and seventh floors. 

Janitor service is the best that can be had, and everything is done to make 
the building as fine in its appointment as it is in construction, finish and 
modern convenience. 

However, the bvtilding with all its magnificences in proportion and archi- 
tecture, as an index to Mr, Thompson's businesss tact and judgement, 
pales into insignificance when compared with the history of his management 
of the banking institiition that has its home in the stately structure. 
In this construction a brief sketch of Mr. Thompson's career may not be out 
of order and will certainly be interesting to all who seek a closer knowledge 
of men whose lives are worthy of emulation. 

JO.SI.\H V.\NKIRK THOMPSON. 

Foremost among Fayette County men who have achieved notable success 
in the business world, stands Josiah Vankirk Thompson, president of the 
First National Bank, of Uniontown. Like a majority of the other leaders 
in the business and professional life of Uniontown, Mr. Thompson was a 
country lad, born and reared on a farm along Jennings Run in Menallen 
Township, the youngest of the four children of the late Hon. Jasper Markel 
and Eliza (Carethurs) Thompson. x\s a boy he engaged actively in farm 
work, mastering all its phases and cviltivating a taste for the pursuits of 
agriculture which even the more exacting demands of complicated business 
enterprises have not dulled. 

Mr. Thompson's early education was acquired at the short winter terms 
of the Hague and Poplar Lane public schools of South L^nion Township, 
and at Madison College, Uniontown. With this equipment he entered Wash- 
ington and Jefferson College in 1868 and graduated in 1871, and has been a 
trustee of that institution since 1889. In the same year in which he gradit- 
ated he entered the First National Bank of Uniontown as a clerk, and so 
thoroughh'' did he inaster the details of banking that in eighteen years there- 
after he had passed through successive promotions until, though but thirty- 
five years of age, he was at the head of the leading financial institution 
of the count}^ On April 3, 1872, he was made teller; on June 5, 1877, he 
became cashier, succeeding the late James T. Redburn; and at the death of 
his father in March, 1889, he was elected president to succeed him. 

Mr. Thompson soon developed banking capabilities of a high order, and 
he adopted a policy which has rapidly brought this bank to a front position 
in the honor list of banks published by the Comptrollers of the Currency. 



446 Statements of l-'irst Natioiuil Bank. 



The First National Bank of Uniontown now ranks first in the count)-, 
third in Pennsylvania and fifth in the United States. Jn addition to his 
Vjunking business Mr. Thompson has borne a leading part in the indtistrial 
development of the covmty. He has bought direct froin the farmers of 
Fayette County more coal, and paid them more money, than any other one 
man or coinpanj' or corporation operating in the county. 

Mr. Thompson's rare btisiness judgment recei\'ed high recognition in his 
appointinent as one of the seven governincnt viewers tcj view and condemn 
the locks and clams, franchises, etc., of the Monongahela Navigation Company 
in the proceedings taken by Congress to make the Monongahela river free to 
navigation. The other meinbers of that commission were William Metcalf, 
George W. Uihvorth, Ste])hen C. McCandless and William McConway, all of 
Pittsburg; Charles N. Andrews, of New Bethk'hem, and ex-State Treasurer 
S. M. Jackson, of Armstrong County, Pa. They were appointed on Novem- 
ber 26, 1896 ; held meetings and made views along the river through the winter 
months and made their fmal report on March 26, ,1897, fixing the price to be 
paid by the Government at ^So, 761 ,(>!."). 46. Other awards had been made 
in former years, but did not stand. Tliis award was aeceiited by both the 
United States Governtnent and the Navigation Com]5any, and the rixcr was 
formally thrown open to the free passage of boats on July 4, 1897. 

Mr. Thompson is a Republican in politics, and takes a keen interest in 
that party's sticcess. His counsel and aid are always sought and generously 
givt>n, though he has never sought ])()litical preferment for hiinsc^f, nor 
accepted any office save such as carried plenty of work and no salary. 

On December 1 1 , 1879, Mr. Thompson was marric-d to Miss Mary Anderson, 
daughter of John and Sarah (Redburn) Anderson. 'J'o them were born two 
sons, Andrew A. and John R. Mrs. Thompson died August 8, 1896 and no 
death in Uniontown has been inore sincerely mourned than was hers by all 
those who enjoyed h^r acquaintance. 

This sketch is a very inadecjuate representation of the imjjress which 
Josiah V. Thcnnpson's reinarkablc i^ersonality has stamped iipon the business 
community of Western Pennsybania, l)ut it would l)e still more so if it omit- 
ted to record certain lines of polii-y in the de\-eloi>ment of the First National 
Bank of Uniontown for which he is responsible. 



STATKMENT.S OF P'IRST N.\TION.\I„ 

\^■llile Mr. Thomi)son did not become {^resident of the bank until 18S9, his 
jiractical direction of its affairs began with his assum])tion ol tlie cashier- 
ship in 1887. His father, the ])resident, was engaged in extensive and varied 
business enterprises and in his later years left the managment of the bank 
largely to his son. The latter was elected cashier on June 5, 1877. On June 
22, of the same year the <|uartcrly statement of the bank showed these items: 

Surplus fund $20,181. 01 

Individual deposits 143,255.54 

Loans and discounts 1 76, 1 Sfi . 98 



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In the quarterly stateinent of the bank on September 5, 1900, on the same 
capital stock of $100,000, the corresponding items were: 

Surplus fund §446,000.00 

Individual deposits 2,198,478.76 

Loans and discounts 1,947,649.64 

The complete quarterly statement of this financial institution, rendered 
September 6, 1904, follows and gives a more aderiuate idea of the vm- 
paralled success of this bank : 



RESOURCES. 



Loans and discounts $1,584,208.32 

United States bonds 25,000.00 

Other stocks and bonds 182,750.00 

Banking house and other real estate 913,235.39 

Due from U.S. Treasurer 406 . 05 

Cash and due from bank 767,352 . 46 

-YntaX $3,472,952.82 

1. LABILITIES. 

Capitalstock $100,000.00 

Surplus 800,000.00 

Undivided profits, (net) ' 20,090.40 

Circulation 24,900.00 

Billspavable •■•• 200,000.00 

j3gj,„!-;;^ 2,327,962.42 

Total $3,472,952.82 



RULES RKSPKCTIXG EMPLOVE.S 

Once on being asked by a bank examiner what bond he reciuired of his em- 
ployes, Mr. Thompson replied " None. I would not have an employe m this 
bank who had to give bond. " 

Mr. Thompson's rules respecting his employes are deserving the widest 
publicity and they rank him as a practical philanthropist of high order, and 
as one furnishing invaluable services to the community in lessons of industry, 
sobriety, clean character and correct habits. He is himself, strictly temper- 
ate, using tobacco in no form and never drinking any thing stronger than cold 
water, not even coffee or tea. He will have no employe in his bank who, 
either during or out of banking hours, will use intoxicating liciuors of any kind, 
or smoke or chew tobacco. He wants only men A\ho have the full use of all 
their powers of mind and body, and he believes that no man can have this 
who is addicted to drink or tobacco, or to any of the vices of dissipation or 
riotous living. 



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PRKSKNT HANK OFFICIALS 

Mr. Thompson's standard of litncss for service is that a j'oung man must 
lit' bonded b}' his character, and his freedom from vices and habits that en- 
slave and enfeeble. 

The following are the ])resent officers and directors of the bank: Josiah 
V. Thompson, president; Edgar S. Hackney, cashier; Francis M. Seamans, 
Jr., assistant cashier; Thomas B. Seamans, teller. 

Directors, Joshia V. Thompson, Harvey C. jelTries, James M. Hnslead. 
Daniel P. Gibson, George W. Hess, William Hunt, John D. Ruby. 



NEWSPAPERS OF UXIOXTOWX. 

The newspapers of Uniontown have been as follows: — "Fayette Gazette 
and Union Advertiser," 1797-1805; "Genius of Liberty," 1805-1904; Fayette 
and Greene "Speculator," 1811; "Western Register," 1816; "Pennsylvania 
Democrat," 1827-1854; "The American Banner," 1832; "Democratic 
Shield," 1834-1837; "Harrisonian Conservative," 1840; "Cumberland 
Presbyterian," 1847; " Fayette Whig, " 1849; " Democratic Sentinel, " 1850- 
1855; "American Standard," 1854-18; "American Citizen," 1855; "Our 
Paper," 1782; "Uniontown Enterprise," 189(); "Temperance Radical," 
1878; "Uniontown Democrat," 1878-1899; "Fayette County Republican," 
1878-1879; "Rcpubhcan Standard," 1879-1893; "The National," 1879; 
"The Amateur, " 1879; " Western Pennsylvania, " 1884-1885; "Uniontown 
News," 1885-1893; "News Standard," 1803-1904; " Peoples Tribune. " 1893- 
1904. 

The above is copied from Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and \\ c beliex'e 
is authentic. 

PHYSICIANS OF UNIONTOWN. 

Among the early physicians of Uniontown were Drs. Samuel Sackett, 
Tenry Chapese. Lewis Manchland, Robert McClure Young, Solomon Drown, 
.\dam Simonson, Daniel Marchand, Benjamine Stevens, Benjamine Dorscy, 
Daniel Sturgeon, Robt. McCall, Hugh Campbell, C. N. J. McGill, H. C. 
Martherns, Alexander Hamilton, David Porter, John F. Braddee, who scarcelj' 
deserves mention with honorable physicians as he ended his career in the 
penitentiary for robbing the mail at Uniontown in lS-11. H. T. Roberts, 
Frederick C. Robinson, Robert M. Walker, Smith Fuller, A. P. Bowie, homeop- 
athist, and S. W. Hickman, W. J. Hamilton, M, I). Dunl.ar and S. C. Bosley 
of the same school at Connellsville. 

For a list of the present physicians of Uniontown. see tlu' l)usiness directory. 

BURIAL GROUNDS. 

In the old Methodist churchyard on Peter Street (the most ancient burial 
place in Uniontown) the oldest slab which bears a legible inscription is that 



Old Baptist Churchyard 449 



which stands ' ' Sacred to the memory of Suky Young, who departed this life 
the 20th of Sept., A. D. 1790, aged 2 yrs., 1 mo., 17 days." It has been 
stated, however, that a son of Jacob Murphy was buried here some years 
earlier. In this ground was buried John Wood, who was for many years a 
justice of the peace, and who died Nov. 12, 1813. Among other inscriptions 
are found those of the following-named persons : 

Rev. Thornton Flemming, an itinerant preacher in the M. E. Church for 01 
years, died Nov. 20, 184G, aged 82 years. 

Hannah, wife of the Rev. Mr. Blackford, died Oct. 10, 1845. 

Daniel Limerick, for eighteen years in the ministry of the Methodist 
Episcopal Church, died April 28, 1837. 

Rev. Alfred Sttugis, died Nov. 4, 1845. He had been for fourteen years an 
itinerant preacher of the Methodist Church. 

The "Oak Hill Cemeterj'" is a burial grotmd lying on the northeast side 
of Redstone Creek, and formed of a graveyard fully ninety years old, with 
a later addition. The original ground was set apart for the purpose of burials 
by Henry Beeson some time before 1793. An addition was afterwards made 
to it by Mr. Gallagher. Many of the old citizens of Uniontown were interred 
here, among whom were Henry Beeson, the donor of the ground and proprietor 
of the town ; Jacob Beeson, his brother, who died Dec. 10, 1818, in his seventy- 
seventh year ; Jesse Beeson, son of Henry, who died June 8, 1842, aged seventy- 
three years and eleven months; John Collins, died Nov. 3, 1813, aged seventy- 
two years; Capt. Thos. Collins, his son, died Nov. 1, 1827, aged fifth-one years; 
Joseph Huston, died March 5, 1824, aged 01 years; Dr. Adam Simmons, died 
Feb. 4, 1808, aged forty-nine years ; Alexander McClean, the veteran surveyor, 
who took the leading part in the extension of Masonj and Dixon's line and 
in the establishment of the disputed boundary between Pennsylvania and 
Virginia, who was born Nov. 20, 1740, and died Dec. 7, 1834. On his head- 
stone is inscribed, "He was a soldier in the Revolution from Westmoreland 
County, in the Legislature of Pennsylvania at the time Fayette County was 
established, and was register and recorder of this county from its organiza- 
tion vintil his death. In his departure he exemplified the \-irtue of his life, 
for he lived a patriot and died a Christian. " 



OLD BAPTIST CHURCHYARD. 

The ground on which the old Baptist Chttrch and graveyard are located 
was purchased in the year 1804, but it had been used as a burial place several 
years before that time, as is shown by some of its headstones. The earliest of 
these which has been found is that of Priscilla Gaddis, who died Feb. 17, 
1790, aged 78 years. One, marking the grave of Anna Gaddis, tells that she 
died, aged 17 years, on the 29th of March, 1790. Another, of Sarah Gaddis, 
gives the date of death Jan. 7, 1802, aged 50 years, and that of James Allen 
records his death on the 8th of April, 1808, at the age of 37 years. Among 
those interred here in the earlier years of the borough were Levi Springer, 
died March 20, 1823, aged 80 years; Dennis Springer, died April 0, 1823, 
aged 75 years: Morris Morris, died Feb. 1, 1825, aged 51 years; John Gaddis, 



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died April 12, 1827, aged 27 years; and Jonathan Downt-r. died June S, 1833, 
aged 79 years. 

The location of this old burial ground is on Morgantown Street, in the 
soutliwest part of the borovxgh. 

UNION C'lCMHTERV. 

In the j^ear 18C0 a number of gentlemen, whose names are gixen below, 
associated themsehxs in the purchase of a tract of nearly se\-en acres of 
land lying south of the National Road, and just touching at one point the 
northwest corner of the borough boundary, for the purpose of laying out a 
cemetery upon it. The land was purchased of Daniel Sharpnack, the deed 
bearing date November 5th in the year named. A stock company was 
organized and incorporated Feb. 12, 1807, as the Union Cemetery Conipany 
of Fayette County, with the following-named corporators: Smith Fuller, 
John K. Ewing, Elezer Robinson, F. C. Robinson, William H. Bailey, 
Hugh L. Rankin, Alfred Howell, E. B. Wood, Daniel Sharpnack, R. M. 
Modisett, Eli Cope, John H. McClelland, Andrew Stewart, L. D. Beall, Daniel 
Kaine. The company caused its grounds to be laid out in burial lots, with 
walks and carriage ways on the modern plan, and handsomelj' embellished 
with trees and shrubbery. 

This cemetery is now the principal burial ground of Uniontown. Many 
tasteful and elegant memorial stones are found within its inclosure, and near 
its northwest corner there has been erected an imposing and appropriate 
Soldiers' Monument. 

SCHOOLS IN UNIO.XTOWN. 

The earliest reference found in any record or (jther document to schools or to 
places where they were taught in Uniontown is in the act erecting the county 
of Fayette, passed Sept. 26, 1783, which directs that the covu't shall be held 
"at the schoolhousc, or some fit place in the town of Union, in the said 
county," and in the letter elsewhere written a few months later by Ephriam 
Douglass to General Irvine, describing the new county seat, he says it con- 
tains "a court-house and schoolhouse in one," etc. Several deeds of about 
that date mention in their description of boundaries, a schoolhouse lot 
evidently near the present eovirt-housc grounds. In a deed of lot No. 43, 
executed in 1783, Colin Campbell is given the title " teacher, " which probably, 
but not as a matter of course, had reference to his occupation in Uniontown. 

A school was organized in Uniontown before the year 1800 under the 
avispices of the Methodist Church. That school will be fcnmd more fully 
mentioned in the history of that church. 

Miss Sallie Haddcn, who was born in Uniontown in tlie year 1800, and 
always lived on the spot of her nativity, said the first school she remembered 
was taught by an Irishman named Bums in a log house which stood on the 
north end of lot No. 39, afterwards the property of Mrs. David Porter. After- 
wards she attended the Methodist school on Peter Street, taught by a Mr. 
Cole. 



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Jesse Beeson, grandson of the original proprietor of the town, was born in 
1806. He first attended sehool in a log house where the Methodist Episcopal 
house of worship later stood. The school was taught by a Mrs. Daugherty. 
He afterwards attended at the schoolhouse on Peter Street mentioned by 
Miss Hadden. A teacher in the Peter Street school abovit that time was 
Salias Bailey, father of William and Elias Bailey. 

At that time, and for more than twenty years afterwards, Uniontown, like 
most other villages of its size and importance, (particularly county seats) was 
prolific of "select schools," and so-called "academies," some of them having 
merit, but the greater part being poor and of short duration. Gener- 
ally they were ciuite pretentious in their announcements, and nearly every 
scholar whose parents were able to inctir the expense (which was not heavy) 
attended some one of them for a " term " of three months if not more. 

In the Genius of Liberty of June 6, 1820, are found the advertisements of 
two of these schools. One is to the effect that " Mr. and Mrs. Baker present 
their respectful compliments to the people of Union Town, soliciting their 
support of a school for the instruction of Young Ladies in all the usual 
branches of an English education. Also plain sewing, marking cotton-work 
of all kinds, Embroidery, Tambour, Filagree, Fringe, Netting, Drawing, 
Painting, and Music, Vocal and Instrumental. " 

The following notice, which appears in the Genius of Liberty in April, 1817, 
is given here as indicating the progress which had then begun to be made 
towards the free-school system which was adopted in the State some years 
later: 

"Mar. 23, 1817. 
"To the Assessors of the Cotmty of Fayette: 

"You are hereby authorized and required to notify the parents of the 
children hereinafter named that they are at liberty to send their children 
to the most convenient school free of expense, and also transmit a list of the 
names of the children as aforesaid to the teachers of schools within your 
township, agreeably to the eleventh section of an act of General Assembly 
passed April 4, 1809." 

Uniontown now has four magnificent school buildings, the Central High 
and Grammar School building, the White Building, the Berkley Street 
Btiilding and the Craig Building. Prof. H. F. Brooks is at present the efficient 
principal. There are 1,710 pupils enrolled and the town employs a corps of 
forty teachers. 

PIONEER LODGES OF UNIONTOWN. 

A Masonic lodge was chartered in Uniontown April 2, 1802, with the fol- 
lowing-na:ned officers: Abraham Stewart, W. M.; George Manypenny, S. 
W.; Christian Tarr, J. W.; John Van Houten, Tyler. This lodge continued 
until 1817. 

LAUREL LODGE. No. 215, F. and A. M. 

This lodge was instituted June 30, 1828, under charter granted by the 
R. W. Grand Lodge of Pennsvlvania, June 2, 1828. Its first officers were 



452 Fayette Lodge, No. 228, F. and A. M. 



Thomas Irwin, W. M.; L. \V. Stockton, S. AV.; Gabriel Evans, J. W.; AVilliam 
Salter, Treasurer; M. Hampton, Secretary. The lodge existed for a short 
period only, closing its work February 11, 1831. 

FAVI-:TTE lodge, Xo. 228, F. and a. M. 

Upon the petition of John Irons, Zalmon Ludington, James Piy)er, John 
Keflfer, P. U. Hook, John McCune, AVilliam Doran, Moses Shehan, Rev. S. E. 
Babcock, and Samuel Bryan, the R. W. Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted 
Masons of the Commonw-ealth of Pennsylvania granted a warrant or charter 
to open a lodge in the borough of Uniontown, to be known as Fayette Lodge, 
No. 228, John Irons to be first W . M.; Zalmon Ludington to be first S. W.; 
James Piper to be first J. W. 

UNION R. A. CHAPTER, Xo. 105. 

A petition was forwarded to the Grand Holy Royal Arch Chapter of Penn- 
sylvania, signed P. U. Hook, John Irons, S. E. Babcock, AVilliam Searight, 
Daniel Sturgeon, and John McCune, praying that a charter be granted them 
to open and hold a chapter of Royal Arch Masons at Uniontown. 

The Grand Chapter, having taken favorable action upon said petition, 
directed S. McKinley, Esq., D. D. G. H. P. for AA'estern District of Pennsjd- 
vania, to convene the petitioners and constitute them into a chapter of R. A. 
Masons, which he did on the 15th day of May, 1849, when Union R. A 
Chapter, No. 165, was duly constituted and its officers elected, viz: P. U. 
Hook, H. P.; AA^illiam Searight, K.; John Irons, S.; AA'illiam ThorndcU, 
Treasurer; Richard Huskins, Secrctarj'. 



ST. OMER'S COMMANDERY, No. 3, KNIGHTS TEMPLAR. 

Organized at Uniontown, December 14, 1853, under charter granted by 
the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. The first officers were: Eminent Com- 
mander, John Bierer; Generalissimo, Andrew Patrick; Captain-General, 
AA^illiam Thorndell, Jr.; Prelate, James Piper; Treasurer, AA^illiam Thorndell, 
Jr. ; Recording Scribe, Richard Huskins. The commandery was discontinued 
October 17, 1854, but was afterwards revived and removed to Brownsville. 



UNIONTOAA'N COMMANDERY. No. 49, KNIGHTS TEMPLAR. 

This commandery was chartered Maj' 13, 1874. Its lirst officers were 
Nathaniel A. Baillic, Eminent Commander; Charles H. Rush, Generalissimo; 
AA'illiam Hunt, Captain-General; AA^illiam C. Snyder, Prelate; Clark Breading, 
Treasurer; AA^illiam H. Hope, Recorder; Silas M. Bailey, Senior AA^arden; 
AVilliam T. Moore, Junior AA^arden; John F. Gray, Standard Bearer; J. Austin 
Modisett, Sw-ord Bearer; Thomas Brownfield, AVarden. 



Fort Necessity Lodge, No. 254, I. O. O. F. 453 

FORT NECESSITY LODGE, No. 254, L O. O. F. 

Instituted August 6, 1847. The first officers of the lodge were Samuel 
Bryan, N. G.; M. Keely, V. G.; H. W. S. Rigdon, Secretary; M. Rvmion, 
Asst. Secretary; D. Clark, Treasurer; The lodge first met in Madison Col- 
lege building, afterwards in Bryant's Building, and now holds its meetings 
at its rooms in Concert Hall Block. 

FAYETTE ENCAMPMENT, No. SO, I. O. O. F. 

Chartered July 31, 1848. The first officers of the encampment were Daniel 
Bryan, C. P.; James Piper, H. P.; H. W. S. Rigdon, S. W.; D. Merchand 
Springer, J. W.; James A. Morris, Secretary; James McDermott, Treasurer; 
David Ckark, S. 

TONNALEUKA LODGE, No. 365, I. O. O. F. 

This lodge was chartered June 18, 1849, and organized on the 11th of July 
following, with the following-named officers: James Piper, N. G.; Daniel 
Smith, V. G.; John K. Fisher, Secretary; William Barton, Jr., Asst. 
Secretarj^; Robert T. Galloway, Treasurer. 

ROYAL ARCANUM COUNCIL, No. 388. 

Organized in September, 1879; chartered May 3, 1880. 

MADISON LODGE, No. 419, K. of P. 

The charter of this lodge dates December 10, 1873. The charter members 
were G. W. K. Minor, H. Delaney, J. M. Hadden, J. W. Wood, J. S. Roberts, 
J. S. Breading, G. B. Rutter, L. Francis, J. D. Moore, and George H. Thorn- 
dell, Sr. 

WILL F. STEWART POST, No. 180, G. A. R. 

This post of the Grand Army of the Republic was organized May 20, 1880, 
with twenty charter members. 

RISING STAR LODGE, No. 533, I. O. G. T. 

This lodge was organized June 21, 1880, by George Whitsett, and the fol- 
lowing-named officers were then elected and installed : W. C. T. , P. C. Baxter ; 
W. V. T., Miss M. V. Jackson; W. Secretary, Joseph B. Jackson; W. F. 
Secretary, Susan Moxley; W. Treasurer, William Albert Henry; W. Chaplain, 
C. A. Jenkins; W. Marshal. EU Truly; Inner Guai'd, Samuel Miller; Sentinel, 
James Carter. 

Note — A complete hi.story of the Uniontovvn Churches will be found under the caption of 
"Religious History." 



Biographical Sketches 



Hon. Stephen Leslie Mestkezat, LL. D., Justice of the Supreme Court 
of Pennsylvania, is a son of Jean Louis Guillaume and Mary Ann (Hartley) 
Mestrezat, and was born in Mapleto^Yn, Greene Covmty, Pennsylvania, 
February 19, 1848. His father was French and his mother of English and 
Scotch-Irish descent and Judge Mestrezat has inherited the better traits and 
characteristics of both nationalities. 

Charles Alexandre Mestrezat, the grandfather of Judge Mestrezat, was 
an intimate friend of Albert Gallatin and was induced by the latter to come 
to America, in 1794. He settled in Greene County near Ma])leton on the 
banks of the Monongahela River almost directly opposite the Gallatin man- 
sion in Fayette County. In France he had married Miss Louise Elizabeth 
Dufresne, bitt their children, ten in all, were born at Mapleton. One of these 
was the father of Judge Mestrezat. 

Judge Mestrezat was taken into partnership by Hon. Charles E. Boyle 
when the former was yet quite a young man and the partnership continued 
uninterrupted for thirteen years, the firm being one of the most prominent 
that ever practiced at the Fayette County bar, or elsewhere, for that matter. 

To the early and careful training of his parents. Judge Mestrezat ascribes, 
more than to anything else, his great success in life. They had decided in 
his childhood that their son, Leslie should be trained and educated for the law, 
and neither he nor they, lost sight of that resolution. After completing his 
common and high school courses he graduated from the Waynesburg College 
with the highest honors. Soon after this he entered the law department of 
Washington & Lee University of Virginia, of -which Gen. Robert E. Lee was 
president. Jtidge Mestrezat graduated from this institution in 1871 with the 
degree of LL. B. He then returned home and was at once admitted to the 
bar at Wayncsbtirg, Greene County, Pennsylvania. Shortly after this lie 
went west, expecting to settle there if he could find a suitable location, but 
after some time spent in looking for what he considered a good place, he 
concluded that his chances were better in the east than in the west so after 
teaching school one term or one winter in LaSalle Coimty, Illinois, he came 
back and opened an office in Uniontown which has ever since l>een his home 
and where all his political honors took root, grew and still flovirish. 

In 1877 he w^as elected District Attorney of Fayette County on the Demo- 
cratic ticket. In 1884-5 he was chainman of the Democratic Committee 
of Fayette County, and a member of the Democratic State Executive Com- 
mittee. He was a delegate to the Democratic State Convention of 1882, 
that nominated Robert E. Pattison for Governor; to the Convention of 1886 
which named Chauncey F. Black for Governor; and to the National Demo- 
cratic Convention of 1892 that nominated and afterwards elected Grover Cleve- 
land President . In 1 893, Judge Mestrezat was elected Judge of the Fourteenth 



Hon. Edmund Homer Reppert 455 

Judicial District comprising the counties of Fayette and Greene, by a ma- 
jority of nearly two thousand. When Hon. Nathaniel Ewing retired from 
the bench in 1898, Judge Mestrezat became President Judge of the District. 
November 7, 1899 Judge Mestrezat was elected Judge of the Supreme Court 
of the State of Pennsylvania over many deep and brilliant jurists, and is 
today filling that exalted and responsible position with great credit to him- 
self and to the bench. 



Hon. Edmund Homer Reppert, President Judge of the Fotirteenth Judi- 
cial District of Pennsylvania, was bom October 28, 1855. He is a son of the 
late Benjamin F. and Rhoda Kendall Reppert, the former a native of Greene 
County, the latter of Fayette County, Pa. Christian Reppert, Jtidge Rep- 
pert's paternal grandfather, came from Alsace, Lorraine, in 1791. Shortly 
thereafter he located in Greensboro, Creene County, and became interested 
in the tanning and glass industries. He died in 1851. His son, Benjamin 
F., the father of the subject of this sketch, became a resident of Nicholson 
Township, Fayette County, in 1854, and lived there until he died in 1890. 
He was a farmer. His widow, Rhoda Kendall Reppert, now resides in Mt. 
Pleasant, Pa. The first comer of the Kendalls to this section was Jeremiah, 
a great-grandfather of Judge Reppert. He was a Virginian and settled in 
German Township shortly after the close of the Revolutionary War, in 
which he participated as a soldier of the patriot army. 

In 1787 there was issued to him a patent for a tract of land called "The 
Twins," situated on Brown's Run, and containing two htindred and sixty- 
four and one-fourth acres and an allowance, the greater portion of which is still 
in the hands of the descendants. His son, also named Jermiah, the father of 
Rhoda Kendall Reppert, was a soldier in the war of 1812. Edmund H. Rep- 
pert prepared for college at Georges Creek Academy, Sinithfield ; then entered 
Bucknell College, from which institution he was graduated with the class of 
1877. The following two years he spent on the farm, then going to Union- 
town to take up the study of law under the preceptorship of Hon. Nathaniel 
Ewing. During the latter period he taught school, one year in South Union 
Township, and three years at Uniontown, serving as principal of the Union- 
town schools for two years. He was adinitted to the bar in 1883. In 1S84 
he formed a law partnership with A. H. Wycofif which was dissolved in 1887. 
He then became associated with George D. H. Howell, which connection 
was not severed until Judge Reppert's accession to the bench, Jantxary 1, 
1898. He was a candidate for District Attorney in 1892, when he was de- 
feated by George W. Jefferies. He was a candidate for the jvidgeship in 
1893, when he received Fayette County's indorsement, but being unable 
to obtain the district nomination (Fayette and Greene Covmties then com- 
prising the judicial district) was withdrawn. He remained in active par- 
ticipation in the Republican party work, and was nominated and elected 
judge in 1897. He was married June 12, 1889, to Ellen, daughter of the late 
Alfred Howell, a leading member of the Fayette County bar. Judge and Mrs. 
Reppert have one child, Elizabeth, and reside in Fayette Street, Uniontown. 
Judge Reppert is a member of the Baptist Church, Smithfield, with which he 
united in his vouth. 



456 Robert Emeroy Umbel 



Robert Emerov Umble, judge of the 14th Judieial District, is a native 
of Henry Clay Township, Fayette County, Pa., where he was bom (n-er 
thirty-six j'^ears ago and is therefore now in tlu- \ery ])rime of life. His early 
years were spent in the tiuietude of the country near the village of Markleys- 
burg, and the physical vigor that has encouraged his years of toil was devel- 
oped by the simple customs, quiet life and healthful climate of his mountain 
home. The Umbles came originally from Wales and settled in New Jersey 
in 1770, later moving to Pennsylvania in 1802, the grandfather of Robert E. 
was born in Henry Clay Township ; the other branch of the family name was 
Thomas, and they were of Welsh extraction also; coming to America about 
1772, they located in the Conemaugh Valley. The elder Umble's wife was 
of German descent, while the wife of the elder Thomas was a native of Ire- 
land. Thus was the Anglo-Saxon blood predominant in their family, which 
was among the pioneers in the settlement of the mountainous part of Fayette 
County. His mother's maiden name was Brown and her people were of 
English descent. S. C. Umble, father of Robert E., was born in 1835, in 
Henry Clay Township. In 1856 he was ordained into the ministry. Ap- 
preciating the value of a good education, he attended to the early instructions 
of his children. The school facilities of that mountain district were neces- 
sarily limited. Young Umble attended the jniblic schools in the winter 
and spent the summer in working among the farmers for twenty-five cents 
per day, doing such work as was expected of a boy of his years. His last 
year in the public school was 1878-'79, under the instruction of John A. 
Artis of Dunbar, Pa. 

The young man's ambition was to secure an education and what he lacked 
m money he made up in pluck, and so determined to work during the winter 
of 1879-'80 and earn sufficient funds to attend school the next spring, and 
prepare himself for a teacher, and accordingly he spent the daj'^s of that 
winter chopping and hauling timber, working on a portable steam sawmill 
a.nd digging coal in a country mine at fifty cents per day. The next spring 
he was a student at the Georges Creek Academy at Smithfield, Pa., with 
O. J. Sturgis, now editor of the Uniontown News-vStandard, as his teacher. 

At the end of the term he obtained a teacher's certificate and secured a 
school in his native township. Here he was employed several years as a 
teacher and spent the summer months clerking in a country store, always 
spending his spare moments with his books. At that time he taught 22 
days each month and received a salary of twenty-two dollars per month. 
In the spring of 1883, he entered the Western Pennsylvania Institute 
at Mt. Pleasant, Pa., and after examination was made a member of the 
class that would graduate in June, 1885. 

While a student in 1884 he entered the competitive examination for a 
vacant cadetship at the United States Military Academy at West Point, 
and secured the appointment. In the class were twenty-one aspirants for 
military honors. His mother having serious objections to his entering upon 
a military course and in consequence of their close family ties and of his regard 
for his parents he yielded to her wishes, and gave u]) what was a most prom- 
ising prospect. 



Frank M. Fuller 457 



In September, 1885, Mr. Umble registered as a law student in the office 
of Boyle & Mestrezat. His legal course was completed in 1887, when he 
was admitted to the bar. In January, 1888 Hon. Albert D. Boyd, one of 
Faj^ette's ablest lawyers, tendered Umble desk room in his office along with 
the position of assistant. This offer was gladly accepted. Boyd's lai^ge 
and varied practice furnished Umble with an excellent opporttniity to win 
public recognition. His clear comprehension of the law, sound judgment and 
capacity for work brought him immediately into prominence. In 1889, 
the borough council of Connellsville elected him solicitor, and in August of 
the same year he formed a partnership with Mr. Boyd. The firm of Boyd & 
Umble has continued ever since and is known to the legal profession through- 
out the State, and the Supreme and Sviperior Courts reports contain scores 
of cases in which it has been interested. 

Mr. Umble is a member of the bar of the United States Circuit and District 
Courts, and in 1894, on motion of Hon. William E. Maury, then First As- 
sistant Attorney-General of the United States, was admitted to practice in 
the Supreme Court of the United States, the highest legal tribunal in the 
world. In all lines of practice Mr. Umble is strong. He is a fluent and 
effective speaker, gaining the confidence of his hearers by his earnestness 
and winning verdicts by his logic and array of facts. 

Entertaining the broadest views upon all subjects, narrow in nothing, 
possessing a big brain and a big heart, Mr. Umble is a fit representative of 
the character of men that should wear the judicial ermine. 

Robert E. Umble comes from a family of Democrats. Since the birth of 
the Republic, his ancestry has been among the firm defenders of those 
principles which made possible the stability of Anierican institutions and 
the grandeur of the American government. The first contest in which Mr. 
Umble took any interest was in 1881, in the election of county superintend- 
ent of public schools, which both parties have always insisted shotild be 
non-partisan, and true to his convictions, he companioned the cause of his 
late teacher and friend, Prof. O. J. Sturgis, although not agreeing with him 
politically. 



i^ Frank M. Fuller was born in Uniontown, Fayette Covmty, Pa., April 7, 
1853. He was educated in the public schools, Chambersburg Academy and 
La Fayette College, taking a special course in the latter institution. He read 
law with the Hon. Nathaniel Ewing, subsecjuently president judge of the 
Court of Common Pleas of Fayette County, and was admitted to the bar in 
1879. He followed the legal profession only a short time, and for the past 
twenty- five years has taken an active interest in Republican political affairs. 
He has been secretaiy and chairman of the Fayette County committee re- 
peatedly, and has been a delegate several times to Republican State Con- 
ventions, has been a member of the Republican State Committee continu- 
ously for about fifteen years, was a delegate to the Republican National 
Convention which nominated Harrison for President of the United States in 
1892, and an alternate delegate to the National Convention which placed 
in nomination the late William McKinlev. 



458 Allen Foster Cooper 



Mr. Fuller was sui)crvisor of the census for the Se\enteenth District of 
Pennsylvania at the last entimeration and declined to accept the profYered 
position of United States Marshal for the Western District of Pennsylvania. 

January 20, 1903, Mr. Fuller was appointed Secretary of the Common- 
wealth by Governor Pennyjiacker, and his nomination was unanimously 
confirmed 1)V the Senate. 



Allex Foster Cooper, attorney at law, was born in Franklin Township, 
Fayette County, Pennsylvania, June 16, 1862. He is a son of Joel and the 
late Eliza Jane (Fetz) Cooper, also natives of Fayette County, the former 
of English and the latter of German descent. Joel Cooper is a farmer of 
Franklin Township and a member of the Baptist Church at Flatwoods. 
His wife died August 24, 1874. 

A. F. Cooper attended the public schools of his native township, was 
graduated from the State Normal school at California, class of 1882, attended 
Movuit Union College at Alliance, Ohio, during the s]5ring and suminer of 
1883, tavight school for six years, latterly (two years) as principal of the Belle 
Vernon Schools, and during this time took partial post-gradtiate courses at 
California and Lock Haven. His law studies were begun under the precep- 
torship of Hon. A. D. Boyd, at Uniontown. He entered the law department 
of Michigan University, Ann Arbor, in 1886, and was graduated from that 
institution with the class of 1888, and admitted to practice in the Circuit 
and Supreme Courts of Michigan. Returning to Uniontown, he reentered 
the office of his preceptor and was admitted to practice December 4. 1888. 
Jantiary 1, 1889, he formed his present partnership association with J. Q. 
Van Swearingen, under the firm name of Cooper & Van Swearingen, with 
present offices at 25 East Main Street. 

They have been solicitors and clerks of Uniontown since March, 1891, and 
have at various times acted as solicitors for Brownsville, Belle Vcnion, 
Fayette City, Dunbar and other boroughs and townships. Mr. Cooper has 
been actively identified with the work of the Republican party in Fayette 
County, having served for a number of years as a member of the County 
committee, of which he was secretary through several campaigns. He has 
also represented the coiinty in several State conventions as a delegate, and 
has been a member of every Congressional conference save one, since the 
formation of the 24th district. He has served twice as chairman of the 
county convention, in 1894 and 1898. 

In the fall of 1902, Mr. Cooper was elected to Congress from the 24th dis- 
trict which is composed of Fayette, Somerset and Greene, on the Republican 
ticket by a handsome majority and is now the nominee of his party for re- 
election this fall. 

Mr. Cooper was married March 2(), 1890, to Miss Alice C. Lackey, a daughter 
of the late Thomas and Cynthia A. Lackey. They reside at 05 Wilson avenue, 
Uniontown, Pa. 



Benjamin N. Freeland, State Senator from the 40th senatorial district 
of Pennsylvania, which is composed of Fayette and Greene cotmties, was 



Louis F. Arensberg 459 



born in Mt. Morris, Grcfnc Cotmty, Pa., March IS, 1858; he was educated in 
the ]itiblic schools of his native town and at Eastman's Business College, 
Poughkeepsie, N. Y., from which institution he was graduated in 1876. At 
fifteen years of age he commenced teaching in the public schools of Greene 
County and coiitintied in that work for a number of years. In 1893 he was 
appointed United States storekeeper in the Twenty-third District of Penn- 
sylvania, which position he held till 1896, when he was elected clerk of courts 
of Greene County, and reelected to the same office in 1899. In 1902, as 
before stated, he was elected to the State Senate from the 40th senatorial 
district. 



Louis F. Arensberg was born in what is now the Second Ward of Pitts- 
burg, October 11, 1842. and was educated in the schools of that city and at 
the Universit}^ of Michigan. The day after Fort Sumter was fired on he 
joined the Iron City Guards, afterwards enlisting in Hampton's Batterj^ 
"Third Independent Battery F." He took part in several battles, and was 
captured by General Early in 1864, and recaptured shortly afterwards 
by General Averill's command. He served several terms in the city 
councils of Pittsburgh. Mr. Arensberg practiced medicine in Pittsburgh 
from the close of the war until 188G, Avith marked success, when he was com- 
pelled, owing to ill health, to give up his practice. He removed to Fayette 
County, Avhere he engaged in fanning. He is Master of County Grange and 
President of the Southwestern Penn Mutual Fire Association. The doctor 
was elected on the Republican ticket to the House of Representatives of 
Pennsylvania in 1900, and again in 1902. 



Andrew A. Thompson was born in Uniontown, Fayette County, Pa., 
October 25, 1880; attended the public schools of that place and graduated 
from Washington and Jefferson College in 1902, since which time he has 
assisted his father, Josiah V. Thompson, in the First National Bank of 
Uniontown. He was elected to the House of Representatives in November, 
1902, on the Republican ticket, polling the largest vote cast for any Assembly- 
man. Mr. Thoinpson has the honor of being the youngest member of the 
House of Representatives of Pennsylvania. He is a candidate for re-election 
this fall. 



Samuel E. Frock, the present popular and efficient Sheriff of Fayette 
County, Pennsylvania, was born in Carroll County, Maryland, November 
8, 1861, and is of German descent. He received his education in the common 
schools of his native county and the first seventeen years of his life were spent 
on his father's farm. He then worked for a time in a stone quarry at Mt. 
Pleasant, Pennsylvania, whither he had come from Maryland. He then 
came to Bullskin Township where he worked for some time on a sawmill. 

About the year 1880 he went to Connellsville and for the first four years 
drove a team for John D. Frisbee. In 1891 Mr. Frock was selected tax col- 



460 Biographies of County Chairmen 



lector of Conncllsvilk' by the largest majority, tij) to that time, that had ever 
been given a candidate for any office in the county. 

After completing his term as tax collector he became one of the lessees of the 
Central Hotel, Uniontown, which he successfully conducted for some time, 
when the lease was sold to Charles Rush. 

After selling the lease of the Central Hotel. Mr. Frcck returned to Con- 
^nellsvillc and accepted the position of manager of the Connellsville Brewing 
Company, which position he retained till about two years ago, when that 
plant was absorbed by the Pittsburg Brewing Company. After that he pur- 
chased and operated the South Water Street coal yards and also dealt ex- 
tensively in real estate. 

In 1901, Mr, Frock was selected by the Democrats of Fayette County as 
their candidate for sheriff and after one of the most hotly contested elections 
ever held in Fayette County he was elected over his opponent, Martin A. 
Keefer, by a majority of only 56 votes. While the majority was very small, 
considering the strong and popular opponent Mr. Frock had, the victory was 
a great credit to him. 

Mr. Frock married Miss Louie Balsley in 1S89 and to them were born two 
children, a son and daughter. The daughter is dead. 

Samuel E. Frock is a gentleman whom it is a pleasure to know and his 
geniality has made for him many friends. He has never been known to 
turn away the worthy who have applied to him for succor, and has made a 
most efficient officer. 



BIOGRAPHIES OF COUNTY CHAIRMEN. 

D.wis W. Henderson, a promising young attorney of Fayette County, 
practicing his profession with eminent success in Uniontown, was bom in 
Franklin Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, December 25, 1875, and 
is a son of Stewart and Harriet (Woodman) Henderson. He was raised on 
the farm and received his early education in the township schools. Subse- 
quently, he attended the California Normal school and graduated with the 
class of 1894. He then entered Waynesburg College and graduated from 
that institution of learning with the class of 1897. 

After completing his education, Mr. Henderson taught school one term 
in Redstone township and one term in Jefferson township, Fayette County, 
Pennsylvania, after which he took up the study of law in the office of D. M. 
Hertzog in Uniontown. He was admitted to the bar December 4, 1900, and 
has practiced his chosen profession continuously since then. 

Mr. Henderson is a staunch Republican and served as Secretary of the 
Republican Central Committee under W. E. Crow, succeeding him, as 
County Chairman in 1902, and was reelected in 1903. 

On the 24th day of June, 1903, Mr. Henderson married Miss Knox, a step- 
daughter of Martin A. Keefer, present Republican candidate for Sheriff of 
Fa}'^ette County. 



Wooda Nicholas Carr 461 



Mr. Henderson is associated in the practice of law, with Alfred E. Jones, 
District Attorney of Fayette County, and for the past three years has been 
attorney for the directors of the county home. Mr. Henderson has the dis- 
tinction of being the youngest county chairman in the State as well as one 
of the most active and efficient, and is rapidly winning his way to the front 
as a lawyer and a politician. He is a member of the Chapter, Blue Lodge 
and Commandery of the Masonic fraternity of Uniontown and a consistent 
member of the Presbyterian Church. 



Wooda Nicholas Carr, now a prominent attorney at Uniontown, Fayette 
County, Pennsylvania, was born in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, February 
6, 1872. He is a son of John D. and Amanda M. (Cook) Carr, both natives 
of Pennsylvania and of English, Irish and Scotch descent. 

Mr. Carr attended successively Fayette City public schools, Knox School 
(Pittsburg), Uniontown public schools, Redstone Academy, Madison College, 
and finally Jefferson College, from which he graduated with the class of 1891. 
He was then engaged editorially on the Uniontown Democrat and Daily 
News until 1893, and during this period took up the study of law, which he 
continued under the preceptorship of D. M. Hertzog. He was admitted to 
practice in June, 1895. He is a Democrat and has been an active participant 
in the work of his party in Fayette Cotmty. He was secretary of the com- 
mittee in 1894 and 1895. During the campaign of 1896 he accompanied the 
Democratic National Committee on a tour of the Eastern States, and was in 
that year. Democratic nominee for the legislature. He is a member and 
Past Master of Fayette Lodge No. 228, F. and A. M.; P. E. R. of Uniontown 
Lodge No. 370, B. P. O. E., and of the Royal Arcanum. 

Mr. Carr is at present Chairman of the Democratic County Committee of 
Fayette County and active and prominent in his party, in legal circles and as 
a citizen. 

Thomas Scott Dunn, covinty chairman of the Prohibition pai"ty, is a son 
of the late Thomas and Eleanor (Scott) Dunn, and was born in Franklin 
Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, January 7, 1848. Mr. Dunn's 
great-grandfather secured the original patent for the land on which he now 
resides and built the house in which he lives, in 1796. It is the old Dvmn 
homestead. 

Mr. Dunn was raised on his father's farm and for many j-ears followed 
farming. He received his education in the common schools of Franklin 
Township. For the past twenty-five or thirty years he has been engaged 
in the lumber business, sawing much of the lumber he handles. 

In his earlier days, Mr. Dunn was a Republican, but being a teetotal 
abstainer and a Prohibitionist in principles, he affiliated himself with the 
Prohibition party and has ever since not only voted with that party, but has 
been an active worker in the cause of prohibition and temperance. He is 
also an active worker in the Presbyterian Church, of which he is a member, 
and has for many years been superintendent of the Sabbath school. 

In 1869, Thomas Scott Dunn married Miss Jane A. Murphy, a daughter 



4G'2 Albert Gallatin 



of Robinson and Margaret (Frasher) Mvirphy of Franklin Township, Fayette 
Cotmty, Pennsylvania. Six children have blessed this union; they are, 
Clarence E., Olive B., now Mrs. Dr. J. O. Arnold of Philadelphia; Thomas B., 
William R., James H., and Harriet. 

Mr. Dunn is a musician of more than ordinary ability and has taught 
vocal music in various places in the county. His home is a place where one 
is always delighted to go. He started in life with little or nothing and 
by industry and frugality has made for himself a fortime and a home. He 
owns a handsome farm of three hundred acres with two dwellings and two 
barns on it, and it is otheriwse handsomely improved. 



TWO MEN WHO HELPED MAKE FAYETTE COUNTY. 

Albert Gallatin, a distinguished statesman of the United States and 
one of the illustrious citizens of Fayette County, was a native of Switzerland, 
born January 29, 1761, and was baptized on the 7th of February following, 
by the name of Arbaham Alfonze Albert Gallatin. 

In 1755 his father, Jean Gallatin, married Sophia Albertinc Rolaz du 
Rosey, of RoUe. They had two children, Albert and a daughter, who died 
young. Albert Gallatin was graduated in May, 1779, from the University 
of Geneva, first of his class in mathematics, natural philosophy and Latin 
translation. He declined the commission of lieutenant-colonel in a German 
command, and emigrated to America and landed at Cape Ann, Mass., July 
14, 1780. In November of the same year he served his adopted country as 
commandant of a small fort at Machias, Maine; afterward taught the French 
language at Harvard University; soon removed to Richmond, Va., where he 
acted as interpreter for a commercial house. At Richmond he became ac- 
(juainted with many eminent Virginians, and, acting upon their advice, 
purchased lands in the Valley of the Monongahela, became the proprietor of 
" Friendship Hill" and a resident of Springhill Township, Fayette County, Pa. 

In 1786 he purchased land, and in 1789 located here as a resident. He 
named the small village of New Geneva, in remembrance of his trans- Atlan- 
tic birthplace, and was largely engaged in the manufacture of glass. 

In 1789 he was a member of the convention to revise the constitution of 
Pennsylvania, and served two terms as a member of the Pennsylvania as- 
sembly. In 1793 he was elected to the Senate of the United States, but by 
a strict party vote was excluded on the ground of constitutional ineligibility, 
as he had not been a naturalized citizen of the United States for nine years. 
He became somewhat involved in the "Whisky Insurrection," but fully 
acquitted himself of all intention to oppose the enforcement of the laws. 
From 1795 to 1800 he served as a member of Congress, where he was recog- 
nized as the Republican leader and regarded as a logical debater and a sound 
statesman . 

May 14, 1801, President Jefferson appointed him Secretary of the Treasury. 



Henry Clav Frick 463 



He sviccessfully managed the financial affairs of the nation during Jefferson's 
administration, and tinder Madison's tyitil 1813, when he resigned to accept 
service under his adopted country as minister in European courts. 

In 1813 he was sent to St. Petersburg as one of the envoys to negotiate 
with Great Britain under the meditation of the Czar, and later was one of 
the commissioners who negotiated a treaty of peace with England in 1814, 
at Ghent. From 1816 to 1823 he was resident minister at the court of 
France, and during this period was employed successfully on important mis- 
sions to Great Britian and the Netherlands. In diplomatic services he never 
lacked in skill and judgment, and was always successful in protecting the 
rights of America. President Madison offered him the secretaryship of 
State, Monroe offered him the navy department, but Gallatin refused them 
both. In 1824 he refused the second highest office within the gift of the 
American people, by declining the nomination of Vice President of the United 
States offered him by the Democratic party. In 1824 he returned to " Friend- 
ship Hill" and there received and entertained his warm friend, the Marciuis 
de Lafayette. In 1826 he was sent as minister pleni])otentiary to England. 
His mission to the court of St. James was successful, and was the close of his 
long, arduous and successful political career. It was also the termination of 
his thirty- three years of residence in Fayette County. In 1828 he became 
a resident of New York City, became president of a bank, assisted in found- 
ing the New York Historical Society, the American Ethnological Society, 
and, a few days before his death, was elected one of the first members of the 
Smithsonian Institute. His long and eventful life came to a close at Astoria, 
Long Island, on August 12. 1849, at the age of over eighty-eight years. 



Henry Clay Frick of the celebrated firm of H. C. Frick & Co., 
manufacturers and dealers in coke, and whose name is familiar in every 
quarter of the civilized world, while not a native of Fayette County, has for 
many years been prominently identified with her most valued inditstry. 

Mr. Frick was born in West Overton, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, 
and first commenced active and extensive operations in coke at Broad Ford 
in Fayette Covmty, Pennsylvania, and has prosecuted it ever since till it is 
today of sttch gigantic proportions and of such vast extent that it is almost 
incomprehensible. His enterprises are not confined to coke alone, however, 
'out are as numerous and varied as they are prominent and successful. He 
IS a man of superior intelligence and business acttmen, is ever active and tire- 
less in keeping in totxeh with his numerous interests, and is in short, a man 
worthy of emulation in every respect and one whom Fayette County may 
well honor for the impetus he has lent to her prime industries. 




Uniontown J^usiness Directory 

(Taken I'roiii I.aiifs I)ircc:tor\ of UiiioiUowii) 

Agents, Express. 

Adatns Express Co., opp. P. R. depot. 
United States Express Co., G Pittsburg. 

Agents, Insurance and Real Estate. 

Blackburn, Edward J., 80 E. Main. 

Caranicr, Chas. T., First National Bank Building. 

Dawson, L. M., 37 W. Main. 

Douglas, J. S., 17 E. Main. 

Frank, Isadore, HE. Main. 

Herskovitz, Adolph, 20 E. Church, opp. High School. 

Knotts, Arthur K., 37 E. Main. 

Markle, O. P., 11 E. Main. 

McCormick, C. J., 32 E. Main. 

McCormick, Geo. A., SO E. Main, 

McCrum & Ingles, 51 W. Main. 

Metropolitan Insurance Co, First National Bank Building. 

Porter, George, 32 E. Main. 

Prudential Insurance Co., 51 W. Main. 

Rockwell, S. Lindsey, 14 Title and Trust Building. 

Seaton, C. H., 2 E. Main. 

Searight, James A., 9 E. Main. 

Wolf, Joseph, 10 F. Title and Trust Building. 

Agricultural Implements. 

Keener, J. I., Market, cor. Arch. 
King Bros., 10-12 N. South. ' 

Architects. 

Cooper, Andrew P., First National Bank Building. 
Fulton, John C:, 51 W. Main. 

Bakers and Confectioners. 

Bausch, Ernest, 25 S. Mt. Vernon. 

Bolus, Joseph, 157 W. Main. 

Denk, Joseph, 130 E. Main. 

ElHs, J. V. E., 30 Morgantown. 

Forzlv, Charles, 14 N. Gallatin. 

Hagan, Chas. F., E. Main. 

Hagan, Isaac N., Beeson Ave., cor. South. 

Kuth, L., 14 W. Main. 

Monahan, Frank C, 38 E. Fayette. 

Nicholas, Geo. L., Commercial Block. 

vSanson, M., Commercial Block. 

Sotus, Jas., 10 Morgantown. 

Wood, J. S., 5 Morgantown. 



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Banks. 

Citizens' Title and Trust Co., 24 W. Main. 

Fayette Title and Trust Co., 15 W. Main. 

First National Bank, Main cor. Pittsburg. 

Second National Bank, 21 W. Main cor. Beeson Ave. 

People's Bank of Fayette County, 24 W. Main. 

The National Bank of Fayette County, 12 E. Main. 



Billiards. 



Cornish, Fred, 90 W. Main. 
Cornish, Wm., 23 W. Peter. 
Pegg, Samuel, 04 W. Main. 
JoUiff, James N., 3 Morgantown. 



Blacksmiths and Carriages. 

Gadd. Geo. P., 123 W. Main. 
Hibbs, Ewing A., 7 E. Peter. 
Howard, J. M., & Son, hd. W. Peter. 
Keener, J. I., Market cor. Arch. 
King, Frank, 10 W. Peter. 
Kramer, Geo. H., W. South. 
Kramer, Theo. P., Mill cor Rav. 
Lewellen & Son, 112 W. Main. " 
Mathews, Thos., 41 N. Arch. 
Murphy, J. P., 100 E. Main. 
Rogers, A, T- .95 E. South. 
West , David H., 103 E. Main. 

Boots, Shoes, Hats and Caps. 

Boston Shoe Store, 20 Morgantown. 
Campbell, Hathaway & Co., 73 W. Main. 
Coffin, Thos. T., 53 W. Main. 
Hagans & Conn., 37 W. Main. 
Harah, John S., 19 W. Main. 
Stern, Joseph, 31 W. Main. 

Bottlers. 

Marshall, E. W., 199-201 E. Main. 

Sweeney, D. J., 134 E. Main. 

Uniontown Bottling House, 73 S. Gallatin. 

Brewers and Maltsters. 

Fayette Brewing Co., 30 E. Fayette. 

Pittsburg Brewing Co. (Uniontown Brewery), 08-74 N. Beeson Ave. 

Brick Manufacturers. 

Uniontown Brick Co., McCormick Co. 
Wilham. J. V & Co., 240 Derrick Ave. 
Patterson, R. I., & Co., Lebanon. 



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Brokers. 
The Van Duscn Brokers, 34 i:^. Main. 

Business College. 

Douglas Business College, First National Bank Building 

CARPENTERS, Builders a.nu Lumber. 

Baird tV- Baer, o4 Jefferson. 
Eggers &■ Graham, 70-78 E. Fayette. 
Frankenberry, Jas. D., Title and Trust Building. 
Uniontown Lumber Co., Pittsburg eor. Coal Lick Run. 

Civil Engineers .\nd Surveyors. 

Boyd, F. R., 15 Fayette Title and Trust Building. 
Henshaw and Mechling, Second National Bank Building. 
Whyle & Crawford, First National Bank Building . 

Coke .anu Co.a.l. 

Barnes, J. R.. «& J. E. , Second National Bank Building. 

Continental Coke Co., B. & O. R. R. 

Crow, Geo. W., Second National Bank Building. 

Frick, H. C. Coke Co. Leith. 

Hepplewhite, Thos., 9 E. Fayette. 

Hero Coal & Coke Company, Second National Bank Building. 

Hibbs, Geo. L., Title and Trust Building. 

Lafaj'ctte Coal & Coke Co., First National Bank Building. 

Penn Coke Co., Second National Bank Building. 

Percy Mining Co., 22 W. Main. 

Wells Creek Coal Co., limited. First National Bank Building. 

L^niontown Coke Co., Second National Bank Building. 

De.xtists. 

Allen, James \V., 12 Pittsburg. 

Hess, F. B., 51 W. Main. 

Howard, A. C, Second National Bank Building. 

Jaco, J. W., Commercial Block. 

Johnson, M. L., 23 W. Main. 

Kramer, A. M., Ill E. Main. 

McKay, A. C, N. Beeson Ave. 

Robinson, Frederick C, First National Bank Building. 

Distillers. 

Johnson, D.. E. Penn, cor. B. & O. R. R. 

Dressm.\kers. 

Dalzcll, Margaret and Bessie, 34 Iowa. 
Dutton, Katie C, 51 Union. 
Henderson, Emma, 21G E. Main. 
Kcvs. Milla, Mrs.. 90 S. Mt. Vernon. 



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Kimmel, M. F., Miss, 87 W. Fayette. 
Sheets, Ella, 08 S. Beeson. 
Trader, Annie M., 23 W. Main. 
Walker, Mary E., 44 Iowa. 
Wilderman, Mary, 241 E. Main. 
Wood, Martha E., 90 W. Fayette. 



Druggists, Booksellers and Stationers. 

Real, L. C, E. Main. 
Beeson, Harry, 71 W. Main. 
Clark, H.S., 7 Pittsburg. 
Crawford, L. L., 4 Broadway. 
Huston, Frank, 39 W. Main. 
Moser & Springer, 11 W. Main. 
Ritenour, J. K., 24-20 Morgantown. 
Union News Co., P. R. R. Station. 

Dry Goods and Carpets. 

Crisholm, Daniel, 27 W. Main. 

Davis, Jacob, 7-9 Broadway. 

Feldstein, A., 17 Broadway. 

Friedman, Siinon, 10-14 Pittsburg. 

Goodstein, D., 14 Broadway. 

Hankins eS: Hogsett. 20-24 E. Main. 

Lcvine, Samuel & Co., 120 E. Main. 

Rosenbaum Bros., 34 W. Main. 

Roth, George, 39 E. Main. 

Silverman, Geo. M., 10 W. Main. 

Silverman, Isaac, First National Bank Building. 

Thomson, T. N., 17 W. Main. 

Dyeing and Scouring. 

Miller, M.W., 15 W. Peter. 
Manager & Wahler, 17 Broadway. 

Electricians. 

Walters, Geo. E., Blackstone Building. 
Weller, C. J.,34E.Main. 

Fire Stone. 

Delaney Fire Brick Co., 27-28 Second National Bank Building. 
Savage Hill Fire Brick Co., First National Bank Building. 
Uniontown Fire Stone Co., 22 E. Main. 

Florists. 

Barton Bros., ft. Grant. 

Brown, Thomas N., 323 Morgantown. 

Trader, E. H., Cleveland cor. Euclid. 

Furniture, Upholsterers and Undertakers. 

Barber & Sharp, N. Gallatin, cor. Peter. 
Beeson, A. G., E. South, cor. S. Gallatin Ave. 



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Cohen, Solomon & Sons, 19 Broadway. 
Credit Furniture Co., 04 Morgantown. 
Hall, Wm., 07 S. Beeson Ave. 
Johnson, A. D., 3.3 W. Main. 
Johnson, J. Ha.iry, 23 E. Main. 
People's Furniture Store, 20 Broadway. 
Shuman, Samuel R., 107 W. Main. 

Glass Manufacturers. 

Fry, Geo. W & Co , Franklin. 

National Glass Co., operating Rochester Tumbler works, factory B, 
ft. S. Mt. Vernon. 

Uniontown Flint Glass Co., E. Penn, cor. B. «S: O. R. R.. 

Grain, Flour Feed and Produce. 

Clark, Moses H., South' n Borough scales. 
Enterprise Flouring Mill, 17 E. Penn. 
Craig, A. M. & Co., 8 Market. 
Gaddis, A., 42-40 Mill. 
Hagan, Robert & Son, 19 E. Fayette. 
Kimmcl, Peter, 241 E. Main. 
King Bros., 10-12 South. 
McClain, M. H., 7 E. Fayette. 

Groceries and Crockery. 

Andreus, Michael, 73 Lawn Ave. 
Breading, Clark & Co., 1 S. Mt. Vernon. 
Burn worth, Robert P., 228 E. Main, 
Butler, Edward, Commercial Block. 
Chicago Dairy Co., 9 Morgantown. 
Cooper, N. P., 13 E. Main. 
Darby, J. T., 15 E. Main. 
Davis Bros., 237 S. Mt. Vernon 
Gerard, Mary, 177 E. Main. 
Gothold M.,"25 Broadway. 
Grimes, Geo. W., 97 Morgantown. 
Hagan, Percy D., 17 Morgantown. 
Harford, Joseph, 190 S. Mt. Vernon. 
Hartman, John M., 101 S. Gallatin. 
Henderson, Wm. P., 21G E. Main. 
Hinebaugh, John W., 200 E. Main. 
Hevers ,John H., 120 E. Main. 
Johnson, I. H., 72 W. Main. 
Johnson, Wm. M., 130 E. Main. 
Kacur, Joseph, 113 E. Main. 
Kremer, A. C. ,125 E. Main. 
McCann, Chas. W., 30 N. Gallatin. 
McPherson, Jas. F., 49 E Winona, 
Miller, George H., 232 E. Main.. 
Moser Bros., 70 Morgantown. 
Moser, Geo. A.. 11 Morgantown. 
Mo3^er, Thos. J., 42 E. Fayette 
Newcomer, J. J., 240 Derrick Ave. 
Rinehart, Bertha, 224 Derrick Ave. 



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Robinson, James M., 03 Morgantown. 
Rodham, John, 78 S. Mt. Vernon. 
Ruby, J. D., 41 W. Main. 
Rutter, George W. Sons, 84 W. Main. 
Rutter, John, 84 Stewart Ave. 
Springer, James E., 20 Lenox. 
Stone, Jas. F., 4 W. Wine . 
Swearingen, WiUiam, 210 E. Fayette. 
Trader, E. Wilmont, 23 Morgantown. 
Trax, W. S., 105 Morgaiitown. 
Union Supply Co., Leith. 
Union Supply Co,. No. 43 S. Mt. Vernon. 

Guns and Locksmith. 
Dice, Andrew W., 82 S. Gallatin Ave. 

Hair Dressers and Barbers. 

Artist, John W., 05 W. Main. 

Balsley, Geo. E., Second National Bank Building. 

Bowers, A. J., 222 E. Main. 

Chilton, Wm. A., 91 W. Main. 

Coughenour, Irwin H., 10 Pittsbvu^g. 

Jenkins, C. A., 3 Morgantown. 

Jenkins, John M., First National Bank Building. 

Johnson, Philip, 28 E. Main. 

Lape, Harry R., 92 W. Main. 

McClure, A". Patterson. 41 W. Main. 

Smothers, John N., 13 Broadway. 

White, Geo. C, 12 E. Main. 

Hardware, Stoves and Tinware. 

Carothers, John R., 23-25 N. Beeson Ave. 
Fields, Enos R., 19 W. Peter. 
Frey & Gilmore, 9 W. Main. 
Huston, John C, 2 W. South. 
Kefover, George B., Commercial Block. 
Malcolm, J, L., 11 and 13 Pittsburg. 
Miller, U. Grant, 28 Pittsburg. 
Miller, Arthur L., 95 W. Main. 
Snead, Robert H, 22 W. Peter 

Harness and Saddles. 

Hibbr, T- Newton, 91. W. Main. 
Smith,'!. M., E. Peter. 
Wood, John W., 01 W. Main. 

Hotels. 

Central Hotel, 2, 4 and W. Main. 
Frost House, 90 W. Main. 
Hotel Brunswick, 77 and 79 W. Main. 
Hotel Lafayette, 26 and 28 W. Main. 
Hotel Titlow, 88 and 94, W. Main 
McClelland House, 50 to 02 W. Main. 



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Moran House, 70 to 74 E. Main. 

New Hotel Mahaney, 14, 10 and 18 E. Main. 

Teed House, 35 Morgantown. 

West End Hotel, 74-78 W. Main. 

Ice Manufacturer. 
Hygeia Ice Co., W. Main. 

Interpreter. 
Herskovitz, Adolph, 20 E. Church, opp. High School. 

Laundry. 
Uniontown Steam Laundry, 147 E. Main. 

Lawyers. 
vSee I-'ayette County History, page "20. 

Livery and Doarding Stables. 

Ache, John M.. 89 S. Gallatin Ave. 
Ansel, Alfred, 12 Market pi. 
Friedman, Abram, 42 W. Peter. 
McClean, Wm. H., 17 E. Peter. 
Prentice, Walter L., South cor. Mill. 
Tedrick & Williams, Peter, W. of Arch. 
Todd, Springer, OS Pittsbvirg. 

Machinists and Founders. 

Evans Mould and Machine Co., r 03 S. Beeson. 

Taqtiett, Nathaniel H., 54 Robinson. 

Johnson Machine Co., 128 W. Main. 

Keystone Foundrv Co., P. R. R., n. Berkelev. 

Miller, U. Grant, 28 Pittsburg. 

Uniontown Acme Radiator Co., hd N. Beeson Ave. 

Uniontown Machine Co., N. Arch. 

Machinists' Supplies. 

Johnson Machine Co., 128 AV. Main. 

Marble, Granite and Stone. 

Marshall, Joseph H., 30 N. Arch. 
Marshall, J. R., & Son, 32 Morgantown. 
McConnick. Gibson & Co., 30 Jefferson. 
Nixon & Weaver, P. R. R. 
White, Joscjih, 24 W. South. 

Meat Al arrets. 

Guvton, Ed., 220 E. Main. 
Kiefer, M. A., 29 W. Main. 
McCarty, Frank, 17 N. Gallatin. 
McCormick, Chas. K., 22 Morgantown. 



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Rider, J. W., 7 Morgan town. 
Ruhel, Paul R., W. Main, cor. Fayette. 
Spurgeon, Lucian, 51 Morgantown. 
Wilson, Wm., 108 E. Main. 

Merchant Tailors and Clothiers. 

Allen, R. M., 55 W. Main. 

Baum, Max, & Son, 3G-3S W. Main. 

Brumberg & Bergman, 5 W. Main. 

Bulger, Thos. W., 7 E. Main. 

Cohen, Morris, 18 W. Main. 

Craig, Alex W., G Morgantown. 

Fife, Wm. H., Fayette Title and Trust Building. 

Kraus Bros., 30 Broadway. 

Levinson Bros., 12 Main. 

Lynch, Maurice, 1-5 E. Main. 

Montgomery, T. B., 2-4 Fayette Title and Trust Building. 

Reis, M. L., First National Bank Building. 

Rosenzweig, Jacob, 72 W. Main. 

Rubin, Lewis, IG Broadway. 



Stern, Joseph, 31 W. Main. 
Zand, Philip, 24 Broadway 



Milliners. 



Chisholm, Daniel, 27 W. Main. 
Cotiganour, Arabell, 10 Morgantown. 
Hockheimer, Carolin, G W. Peter. 
Myers, D. M., Mrs., 1 Morgantown. 
Smith, H. P., Mrs., 19 Morgantown. 

Music Stores. 

Ellis, A. J., 29 Morgantown. 

Frederick, W. F., First National Bank Building. 

Newspapers and Printers. 

Farwell, Wm. H., First National Bank Building. 
Fayette Publishing Co., Broa Iway cor. Peter. 
News Publishing Co., Peter cor. Pittsburg. 
News Standard, Pittsburg cor. Peter. 
Stansburjf & McCormick, Blackstone Building. 
The Evening Genius, Broadway cor. Peter, 
e h-ePToples Tribune, Morgantown. 

Notary Public. 

Herskovitz., Adolph, 2G E. Church opp. High School 

Oil Dealers. 

Buttermore, Chas. H., rear Gaddis' Mill. 

Optician. 

Herskovitz, Rose, Dr., 20 E. Church opp. High School. 



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Painters. 

Altman, John P., 143 E. Main. 
Jackson, Chas. E., & Bro.. 40 Iowa. 

Photographs and Picture Frames. 

Auslander, Sol., 30 Broadway. 

Barber & Sharp, N. Gallatin cor. Peter. 

Downs Bros., 9 W. Main. 

Kough, lOi W. Main. 

Middleton & Hellen, 70 W. Main. 

Ritenour, Edith A., First National Bank Building. 



Physicians. 

Batton & Hatfield, 70 Morgantown. 

Baum, S. A., 25 S. Galladn Ave. 

Beal, L. C, 21 E. Main. 

Bowie, A. P., 87 W. Main. 

Detwiler, John F., 32 W. Fayette. 

Eastman, Thos. N., 24 W. Church. 

Evans, Geo. O., 50 S. Gallatin Ave. 

E wing, J. B., 84 E. Main. 

Fuller, John M., 8 N. Beeson Ave. 

Gaddis, Levi S., 8 Pittsburg. 

Hackney, Jacob S., 30 W. Chvirch. 

Hemington, J. Glenn, 87 W. Main. 

Herskovitz, Rose, (optics), 20 E. Church, opp. High School. 

LaClair, Chas. H., 2 E. Church. 

Larkin, Peter A., 18 E. Church. 

Marshall, F. J., (Osteopath), First National Bank Building. 

Parshall, James W., First National Bank Building. 

Robinson, F. C, 8 Pittsburg. 

Smith, C. H., 54 S. Gallatin. 

Smith, P. F., 47 S. Gallatin. 

Sturgeon, John D., 22 N. Gallatin. 

Taylor, Frank H., 70 E. Main. 

Whitson, James T., 29 E. Main. 



Plumbers and Supplies. 

Hathway, Harold, 95 W. Main. 

Johnson" Machine Co., 128 W. Main. 

Litman, Fred W., First National Bank Building. 

Robinson & Walters, 30 Morgantown, 

Titus, Chas. L., 15 Market. 

Williams, Oscar E., Gallatin Ave., cor. South. 

Restaurants. 

Biddle, Alonzo, S. Beeson Ave. 
Brownfield, John C, 22 Broadway. 
Bunting, Frank, South cor. Market. 
Carter, Silas S., 10 W. Peter. 
Collins, Daniel, 137 E. Main. 



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Hagan, I. N., Sons, Beeson cor. South. 
Hair, Thomas, 42 Morgantown. 
Martin, Jas. B., 139 E. Main. 
Morss, E. D., Broadway cor. Peter. 
Ramsey, J. D., 134 E. Main. 

Steamship Agency. 
Herskovitz, Adolph, 20 E. Church, opp. High School. 

Sewing Machines. 
Singer Manufacturing Co., 33 Morgantown. 

Telegraphs. 

Postal Telegraph Cable Co., 20 W. Main. 

Western Union Telegraph Co., Thompson & Ruby Building. 

Telephones. 

Central District and Printing Telegraph Co., First National Bank Building. 
Maryland, Pennsylvania and West Virginia Telephone and Telegraph 
Co., 12 E. Main. 

Tobacco and Cigars. 

Bygate, Chas. S., First National Bank Building. 

Divvens & Co., 31 E. South. 

Divvens, Nathan, 59 W. Main. 

Foster, John W., 20 E. Main. 

Moore & Wood, 07 W. Main. 

Perry, Sidles R., 31 Iowa. 

Variety Stores. 

Gettleman, Andrew C, 202 E. Main. 
Michal, Joseph J., 14 Morgantown. 
Murphy, G. C, 25 W. Main. 
Scott, M. A. T., 15 Morgantown. 
Stumpf, J. R., 7 E. Craig. 
Weninger, E. E., Jr., 38 E. Main. 

\ Veterinary Surgeons. 

Magee , George, 33 Pittsburg. 
Waldron, T. N., 192 E. Main. 



Watchmakers and Jewelers. 

Bailey, George M., 21 W. Main. 

Hunt & Collins, First National Bank Building. 

Hunt, WilHam, 7 W. Main. 

Miller, Wallace H., W. Main. 

Ogusky & Meyer, 15 Broadway. 



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BoROiGH Officers. 

Chief Burgess, Frank Rtitter. 

Clerks and Attorneys, Cooper and Van Swearingen. 

Treasurer, S. M. Graham. 

Council, John Gallagher, Pres; T. N. Eastman, Kenneth R. Hagan, George 
H. Miller, Thcop. Bowie, John G. Wildy, Jas. Parkhill, George Baily. 

Police — Chief, JudsonSisler; A. J. Doran, Jesse Shaffer, Morgan H. Kendall, 
Henry Douglas and John H. Seese. 

Weighmaster, George Collins. 



Masons' and Odd Fellows' Lodges. 

Fayette Lodge No. 228, F. & A. M., meets second Monday evening in each 
month in their hall F. Title and Trust Building. 

Union Chapter No. IGo, R. A. M., meets first Tuesday evening in each 
month in their hall. 

Uniontown Commandery No. 49, meets third Thursday evening in each 
month in their hall. 

Fort Necessity, L O. O. F., meets in O. F. Hall every Friday evening. 

Tonnaleuka, I. O. O. F., meets in O. F. Hall eyery Thursday evening. 

Fayette Encampment, L O. O. F., meets in O. F. Hall second and fourth 
Monday evinings of each inonth. 



Churches. 

First Presbyterian-^Fayette Corner Morgantown Street; Rev. A. S. Mil- 
holland, pastor. 

Cumberland Presbyterian — East Cht:rch Street; Rev. H. C. Baird, pastor. 

Central Christian — South Gallatin Avenue; Rev. C. H. Plattenburg, pastor. 

Episcopal — Morgantown Street; Rev. J. S. Lightbourn, pastor. 

Baptist — West Fayette Street; Rev. H. F. King, D. D.. pastor. 

First German Baptist Brethren — Morgantown Street; Rev. J. C.Johnston, 
pastor. 

Lutheran — North Gallatin Avenue; Rev. A. E. Trabert, pastor. 

Central Presbyterian— West Church Street; Rev. S. R. Gordon, D. D., 
pastor. 

Methodist Episcopal — Morgantown Street; Rev. E. G. Loughrey, pastor. 

First Methodist Protestant — Church Street cor. Beeson Axe. ; Rev. Alex 
Steele, pastor. 

Methodist Protestant — Collins Avenue; Rev. E. J. Headley, pastor. 

Roman Catholic — Jefiferson Street; Rev. B. P. Kenna, pastor. 

German Baptist Brethren — -Robinson Street; Jasper Barnthouse, Alpheus 
DeBolt, elders. 

African Methodist Episcopal Zion — East Main Street; Rev. J. M. Snow, 
pastor. 

African Methodist Episcopal St. Paul — Morgantown Street; Rev. George 
C. Sampson, pastor. 

Mt. Olive Baptist — Stewart Avenue; Rev. P. H. Thompson, pastor. 

Mt. Rose Baptist — E. Main; Rev. Thos. Ford, pastor. 

Miners — Collins Avenue; Rev. H. J. Headley, pastor. 



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PROVISIONS AND PRODUCE 



Abrams, Dr. J. H., Dentist, Market. 
Hattie. 
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Abrams, E. D., retired. Market. 
" Dorotha, wife. 
Anna. 
Acklin, Chas. P., baker. Front. 

" Sara, wife. 
Acklin, H. B., widow. Arch. 

" Lizzie, maiden. 
Acklin, Sarah, widow. Water. 

" Edward, miner. Water. 
Addis, Wm. S., miner, Walnut. 
Nellie, wife. 
" Sarah K. 
Grace N. 
Clarence W. 
Addis, Mary, with James Bennett, Redstone. 

" James, carpenter, with James Bennett, Red- 
stone. 
Albright, Wm., gas fitter. Market. 

" Kate, wife. 
Albright, Wm. B., butcher, Market. 
'■ Malinda, wife. 
" Rebecca. 
Mildred. 
Allison, Clarence, bartender, Albion Hotel. 
Ambros, John T., school, with E. Smith, Redstone. 



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Baldwin, Ary, widow, Baltimore. 
Baonic, Joseph, miner, b John Grasick, Water. 
'' Stanley, b John Grasick, Water. 
" Vignette, b John Grasick, Water. 
Bar, Eli, retired, Front. 
" Maggie, wife. 
" Chas. H. 
Barber, John, barber. Market. 
Barger, Jones, Front. 
Barker, Wm. (col.), barber, Lynn. 
" Rebecca, wife. 
" Harriet. 
" Nellie. 
" Rebecca. 
" Martha. 
" Margaret. 
Barlow, Maggie, with Chas. Hyatt, Front. 

" C. Leonard, with Chas. Hyatt. 

Barnhart, Amanda, housekeeper. Market. 
Barns, Lizzie, widow, Spring. 
'' Annie. 
Bertha M. 
Barrella, Matti, miner, Redstone. 

" Meelv, wife. 

Bartholmy, Peter, miner, b. Kate Stea, Market. 
Baughman, Ida, b Thomas Ashurst, Church. 
" Eva, b Thomas Ashurst, Church. 

" Alice, b Thomas Ashurst, Church. 

Beadling, James, R. R. engineer, Jeffries Row. 
" Martha, wife. 

" Thomas. 

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Clara. 
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'' Wm. J., clerk. 
Beazell, Capt. Isaac R., retired, Church. 

" Annie C, wife. 
Beckley, Anna M., housekeeper, Front. 
Bell, Joseph M., electrician, Market. 

" Beatrice F., wife. 
Bell, Jas., Eng. steam shovel, Market. 

" Lizzie, wife. 
Bell, Wm., Eng. steam shovel, Market 
" Lou, wife. 
" Mary. 
Bennett, Sherman, miner, Redstone. 
" Catherine, wife. 
Leah. 
Mable. 
Bennett, Walter, miner, Redstone. 

Janie, wife. 
Bennett, James, miner, Redstone. 
" Myrtle, wife. 
" Jennie. 
Berkhart, Ben L, R. R. engineer, Water. 

'' Martha J., wife. 

Berkhart, Elizabeth B., school, Market. 
" John H., school. 

Blanche L. 
" Benjamin N. 
Martha M. 
Bern, Geo. D., Civil Eng., b S. F. McGinty, Front. 
Beyer, Herman, civil engineer. Front. 

Mary v., wife. 
Bigelow, John H., laborer, b R. Deviney, Church. 
Bigg, Emma, servant, C. W. Bowman, Front. 
Black, Ellen, widow, Front. 
'' Oliver, miner. 
" Russell. 
" Mabel. 
" Pearl. 



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Black, Mary. 
" Margaret. 
" Nora. 
Blair, Samuel B., carpenter, Water. 
Blair, Wade, miner, b P. Cox, Second. 
Blosser Geo. C, carpenter, Albany Road. 
" Erminnie, wife. 
" Emma. 
Bordmarvitch, Steve, blacksmith, vSpring. 
Mary. 
Steve. 
Bowden, B. A., R. R. Eng., b Joe Luft, Market. 
Bowen, John, miner, b J. Chadwick, Water. 
Bowman, B. P., R. R. carpenter. Market. 
" Annie M., wife. 
" Mary, school. 
" Ella, school. 
Bowman, Chas. W., justice of peace, Pront. 
Lelia C, wife. 
Nelson B. 
Chas. W., Jr. 
Bowman, Rev. W. Scott, Pront. 
" Maggie M., wife. 
John W. 
Karl W. 
Brady, Jvilia, domestic, A. M. Jacobs, Market. 
Brasliear, E. T., Notary Public, Market. 
" Margaret, wife. 
Donald E. 
E. Maurice. 
Breckenridge, Ida B., housekeeper. Market. 
" P. C, civil engineer. 

" John E., school. 

Bricker, Olive R., b Wm. Cline, Market. 
Brill, John S., miner. Market. 
" Eupheina, wife. 
" Nichol R., miner. 
" Olive M. 







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Brill, Margaret, dressmaker. Market. 
Brown, Louis, miner, b R. Giles, Water. 
Bulger, Miles G., cashier, Sec. Nat. Bank, Market. 
Maud. 
Miles, Jr. 
Ida B., dressmaker, Market. 
John, miner. Market. 
Wm. B., blacksmith, Market. 
Anna, wife. 
Mary L., clerk. 
Pearl E., clerk. 
Harry, blacksmith, Market. 
'' Annie, wife. 
Burnett, Jennings, plumber, b B. Madera. 
Burns, Mark A., Telegrapher, b Alexander Hotel. 
Butch, Emanuel, miner, b T. Rose, Redstone. 
Butcher, Alick, laborer, b J. W. Gribble, Water. 
Butcher, Bessie, domestic. Water. 
Buttner, Wm., painter, Redstone. 
'' Rubie, wife. 
Margaret S. 
Btizz, John, glass worker. Water. 
"■ Lizzie, wife. 

Mary. 
" Andrew. 
" Charley. 
" Annie. 
" Lizzie. 
Byers, Wm., miner, b J. Chadwick, Water. 
Calderhead, Margaret, widow, b R. Giles, water. 
Calderhead, William, miner, b R. Giles, Water. 
Carlvsle, Wilson, painter, Cass. 
Mary A., wife. 
" Margaret, nurse. 
" James. 
" Frank. 

Carmack, A. A., retired. Front. 
Ruth, wife. 



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Carmack, Graham. 
Lucv. 
Martha. 
Carpenter, Chas., laborer, Second. 

" Georgia, wife. 

Carsten, Frank, broker. Market. 
" Annie, wife. 

Helen. 
Frank. 
Carter, Charles C, clerk, Mon. Hotise. 
Cathern, Wni., carpenter, Baltimore. 
" Rosa, wife. 
Stella. 
Chadwick, Jose])h, laborer. Water. 
" Eunice, wife. 

Lena. 
Martha E. 
Chadwick, Joseph, miner. Market. 
Francis, wife. 
M. R., dry goods merchant. Market. 
" E. H., widow. 
" S. H., widow. 

L. F. 
A. H. 

Mary R., with W. M. Albright. 
Chalfant, John B., engineer electric light plant. Front. 
" Elizabeth A., housekeeper. 
" Florence E., chief operator Bell Tel. Co. 
" Myrtle M., telephone operator. 

" Loyd G., lineman, electric light company. 

Chalfant, Josephine, domestic, M. S. Griffin, Market. 
Chatland, Mary A., Market. 

Cherry, Cummings, Freight train conductor. Front. 
" Mary A., wife. 
" Minerva. 
" Earl. 
" Mary E. 
" Barbara L. 



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Cherry, Thomas S. 
" Joseph C. 

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" Mabel C. 
Chew, Newton, laborer. Front. 
Hattie J.,wife. 
" Claude. 
" Lucy. 
Chvtracek, Anna, servant, \V. C. Hormell, Front. 
Claggett, Helen L., Front. 

Martha. 
Clark, George, storekeeper. Market. 
Margaret, wife. 
" George. 
" Willie. 
Clark, Harry, R. R. engineer, b Joe Luft, Market. 
Cla3^baugh, Mary, widow, Girard House, Market. 
" Ira J., clerk. 

" Elsie. 

" Jennie. 

" Clavton. 

" Leslie M. 

Claybaugh, Haddin, clerk. Front. 

K. A., widow. 
Clemmer, Mrs. V. L., widow, Market. 
" George B. , carpenter. 
Valley V. 
DoraM. 
" Lizzie W. 
Adelia B. 
Clemmer, Fannie, housekeep^er. Church. 
" E. Louis, civil engineer, 

AdaC. 
Cline, Wm. L., |)ainter, Market. 
Mary A., wife. 
" Agnes A. 
Coats, Mary, Widow, with Jennie Hartranft, Market. 
Coldren, John, merchant, Market. 



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Coldren, Anna, wife, dressmaker. 
" Jessie 

" Samuel O. 

William. 
Cole, Nicholas, mine foreman. Church. 
Sarah, wife. 
" Mary. 
Collier, James, plumber. Church. 

" Ellen, wife. 
Colvin, Eli, laborer, Church. 
" Nora, wife. 
" Herman E. 
" Mable F. 
" Adelia A. 
Conn, J. H., laborer. Market. 

" Mattie, wife. 
Conwell, Wm., bookkeeper, b Mr. Stevenson, Neck. 
Copeland, Wm., motorman. Market. 

" Lilian, wife. 

Copeland, Wm., motorman coal mine, Market. 

'' Lillian, wife. 

Corati, Angelo, miner, Baltimore. 
" Celesta, wife. 
" Flora. 
" Louie. 
" Marino. 
Corey, Maud, housekeeper. Market. 

M. Beatrice. 
Coulter, Chas., store manager, Front. 
" Mamie, wife. 
" Margaret 
" Caroline. 
Coulter, John H., hardware dealer, Church. 
Mary E., wife. 
" Emma V. H., school. 
Cox, Peter, miner. Second. 

" Tilda, wife. 
Cox, Edward, watchman. Front. 




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Cox, Margaret, wife. 
" Nannie G., nurse. 
" George P. , surveyor. 
" Bruce M., plumber. 
" Anna L. 
" Grace A. 
Coyne, John, boss R. R., b Mrs. Annie Mechem, Cass. 
Crable, Nancy, widow (col.). Second. 
" Lem, laborer. 
" George, laborer. 
" Dan, laborer. 
Crable, Sarah, widow. Market. 
" Gertie, domestic. 
" Laura, domestic. 

Ellen. 
" Clara. 
" Audley 
" Louis. 
Crable, Georgia A., widow. Second. 
Crable, Sam (col.), laborer, Spring. 
" Maggie L., wife. 
" Albert F. 
" Paul. 
Flora. 
Russell. 
" Lem. 
" Lillie. 
Crable, James (col.), laborer. Paradise Row. 

Mary L., wife. 
Crayble, Matide, widow, with Mr. Howe, Market. 
Cullin, Frank, laborer. Front. 
Marv J., wife. 
" Chel'liR. 
" Frank E. 
" Gertrude. 
" Elmer. 
" Lillian. 
Cunningham, Margaret, Church. 



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Cunningham, Jas., R. R. fireman, Front. 
" Delia, wife. 

" Agatha. 

" Margaret. 

" Catherine. 

Cunningham, Georgiana, Church. 

" Margerie. 

Cunningham, Jessie H., Churcli. 

" Mary S. 

Cunningham, Samuel, glass worker, Baltimore. 
" Myrtle, wife. 

MaryC. 
Curlett, Wm., tinsmith. Market. 
Cushenbery, Caroline (col.), widow. Second. 

" Chas., laborer. 

Cushenbery, Nevill (col.), cook. Front. 
" ZoraE.,wife. 

Madeline. 
" Edward. 

" Arthur. 

Dalbey, H. M., grocer. Front. 
" Harriett, wife. 

Elizabeth. 
Dalbey, W. E., clerk. Market. 

'' Lillian v., wife. 

Dalbey, Fred, miner, with R. Giles, Water. 
Daugherty John (col.), laborer, Baltimore. 

" Lafayette. 

Davis, Joseph E., R. R. flagman, Market. 
" Adelia, wife. 

Chas. E. 
" MaryE. 
" Agnes M. 
Davis, Wm. M., laborer. Market. 
Ella M., wife. 
James F. 
Davis, Mariah, widow, Market. 
" Joseph, mate on river. 



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Davis, Guy, R. R. tirenian, with Joe Luft, Market. 
Dearth, L. H., widow, Second. 
Harry A., glass worker. 
" Lou, cashier. 
Bessie H. 
DeLaney, E. S., P. O. clerk. Market. 
" Ella, wife. 
" Catherine. 
" Robert. 
Demain, George, steamljoat engineer, Market. 
" Elizabeth, wife. 
Sue A. 
Denney, Conrad, miner, Baltimore. 
" Annie D., wife 
" Mary. 
Deviney, R., housekeeper. Market. 
Dillon, Wm., miner, Baltimore. 

" Bessie, wife. 
Donaldson, Thomas, laborer. Front. 
" Annie. 

John W. 
" James R. 

Thomas H. 
Dorn, Sarah, widow, with Jacob Schaffer, Market. 
Duer, Harriet, widow, Front. 
Duff, Andrew, miner, Walnut. 
" Mary J., wife. 
" Jennie. 
" William P. 
" James. 
" John J. 
Dunn, Claude, river man, Redstone. 
Mary, wife. 
Margaret. 
Dunning, Joseph, lineman for R. R., Market. 

Elizabeth, wife. 
Durban, James, miner. Water. 



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Durban, Nannie, wife. 

Dusenberry, Olie, school-teacher, with W. D. Pratt, 

Baltimore. 
Button, Susan E., Market 
" George S., painter. 
John T., tailor. 
Button, Mrs. J. R., widow. Market. 
" Elizabeth. 

" Kate. 
Eaglen, Wni., miner, Redstone. 

" Alice, wife. 

Edmiston, W. A., Cashier Mon. Nat. Bank, Market. 
" Virginia, wife. 

Helen V. 
" Clarence B. 

Eicher, Joe, miner, Lynn. 
" Lillian, wife. 
" JohnW. 
. " Chas. R. 
AnnaM. 
" Harry. 
" Clarence. 
" Catherine. 
" Bub, 
Eisters, Peter, Tel. operator, b Ed. Mardorff, Front. 

Ada, wife. 
Elliott, Joseph, contractor and Iniilder, b vStorey House. 
Ermire, John E., Supt. Mon. R. R., b Monongahela 
House. 
" Mary, wife. 
Ewart, Esther, domestic, C. P. Acklin. 
Falkner, S., laborer. Spring. 
Falsthoozi, Julia, domestic. Water. 
Fargo, Lizzie, domestic, Water. 
Fave, B., R. R. flagman, b Mr. Losh, Front. 
Fear, M. M., widow. Market. 
Bora L. 
" Hazel K., school. 






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Feister, Mary, housekeeper. Church. 
Fergtison, J., housekeeper, Church. 

L., housekeeper. 
Field, MolHe, domestic, Mr. Carsten, Market. 
Fink, EUzabeth, domestic, Mary A. Hogg, Front. 
Fishburn, Martha M., school-teacher, b M.R.Jacobs, 

Front. 
Fisher, Wm. H., burgess. Church. 
" Anna, wife. 

Mary E. 
" Florence B. 
William, Jr. 
Fisher, Mary, domestic, J. W. Gribble, Water. 
Flander, Mike, miner, Redstone. 

Mary, wife. 
Flantv, John, laborer, Jeffries Row. 
Susie, wife. 
William. 
" Edward. 
Florence, Nancy (col.), widow. Spring. 
William H., laborer. 
" Harvey B., laborer. 

Matilda, 
Forgartv, Daisy, housekeeper, E. Snyder, Redstone. 
Fox, Joseph, electrician, Redstone 
" Annie, wife. 
" Thomas. 
Fox, Thomas, miner. Stony Road. 
" Sarah, wife. 
" Asbury. 
Fox, John, miner. Stony Road. 
" George, school. 
" William. 
" Lizzie. 
" Sarah. 
" Jean. 
" Ehza. 



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Frank, Joseph, miner, Baltimore. 
Mary, wife. 
" Charlie. 
" Vedo. 
" Lizzie. 
Frank, Sebastian, miner. Water. 
" Barbriana, wife, 
" Ambrosia, blacksmith. 
" Baptiste. 
" Fannie. 
" Mary. 
Franks, John, laborer, Market. 
" Myrtle, wife. 
Wilbur H. 
Frederick, Jacob, with Wm. L. Lenhart, Front. 
Frediani, R., fruit dealer. Front. 
Mary, wife. 
" Rosie. 
Peter. 
Frediani, Wm., Front. 

Julia. 
Frost, Charlotte, wddow. Market. 
'' Emma L. 
" Matilda P. 
Frost, Alfred, bartender, Market. 

" Mary E., wife. 
Fuller, Miss Martha, Church. 

" Miss Sarah. 
Fulton, John O., clerk R. R., Market. 
Mollie,wife. 
Mildred. 
Fulton, Robert, R. R. master mechanic, Market. 
Gabler, E. M., widow, Redstone. 
Gabler, Frank, lal)orer. Second. 
'' EA"aM.,wife. 
" Raymond. 
" Harold. 
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Gabler, John S., broker. 
(Jllie, wife. 
Elizabeth. 

" Elsie. 

" Louise. 

" Maggie. 

" Olive. 
Gadd, Frank, M., blacksmith, Market. 

" Bessie, wife. 
Gadd, Stephens I., blacksmith, Church. 

" Mary. 

" Stephen W., blacksmith. 

" Caroline, 
Gallaway, C. A., bookkeeper, with Mrs. Shoemaker. 
Garletts, C. C, grocer. Market. 
" Gertrude, wife. 
" Nannie C. 
Garrecl, Geo. P., engineer. Front. 

" Ada C, wife. 

" Albert P., school. 

" Bernard L. 

Garred, Wm. J., Train Crier, Union Station, Front. 

'' Ada P., wife. 
Garred, Albert, steamboat engineer, b Fannie Clemmer, 

Church. 
Gibeons, Sam, S. B. engineer, b K. Shupe, Market. 
Giles, Richard, checkweighman, Water. 

" Jennie, wife. 

" Willie. 

" Agnes. 

" Margaret. 
Gladstone, Wm., miner, b J. Chadwick, Water. 
Goe, Josiah W., laborer, Paradise Row. 

" Alwilda, wife. 

" Josiah W., Jr., miner. 

" James E., miner. 

" Frank N., miner. 

Gofanna, Chas., R.R. engineer, b J. W. Gribble, Water. 

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Gofanna, Richard, laborer, b J. W. Gribble, Water. 
Golden, Wni. , stable boss of brewery. Second. 

" Mary, wife. 
Goss, C, passenger conductor Mon. R. R., Market. 
" Minnie, wife. 
" Mary K. 
" S. Margaret. 
" Minnie A. 
Gracick, John, miner, Water. 
" Victoria, wife. 
" Andrew. 
" Marv. 
Steve. 
Gracick, Leadniore, miner, b John Gracick. 
Gracick, Tony, miner, b John Gracick. 
Grafinger, Elizabeth, widow. Front. 
" Phillip, glass worker. 

" Evert C, college student. 

" Blanche L., school. 

Grafinger, Joseph, clerk, b J. H. Coulter, Church. 
Florence L., wife. ■ ^ 

" Earnest C. '«' 

Graham, S. S., President Second Nat. Bank, Market. 
'' K. J., wife. 
Miss A. J. 
MissM. B. 
Adam J. 
S. S. ,Jr. 
Graham, H. D., dentist, with Mrs. Shoemaker, Market. 
Graham, Wm., retired. Second. 

MissS. B. 
Grantz, Jacob, miner, Redstone. 
" Ida, wife. 

" Herman. 
" Madge. 
Jacob. 
Graves, Marv, widow, Second. 
" Ada'L. 



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Gray, Margaret, domestic, A. M. R. Jacobs, Front. 
Gray, Sarah, widow, Market. 
Greaves, Thomas, miner, Church. 
" Ehzabeth, wife. 
WilHam. 
Martha. 
" Nora. 
Ethel. 
Gregg, Chas. W., store manager. Church. 
" Jennie, wife. 
" Harrv C, school. 
" EllaB. 

" R. Aubrev, schoob 
FHnt. 
Marie C. 
" Jean. 
Greene, Robert B., laborer, Water. 

Susan, wife. 
Green, Elizabeth, housekeeper, Church. 
Green, Wm. S., grocer, Water. 
Sarah A., wife. 
" Allison B., clerk. 
Greto, Bambeno, widow, Market. 
Gribl)le, J. Will, Prop. Albion Hotel, Water. 
" Ada v., wife. 
Chas. G., clerk. 
InaJ. 
" Allison, school. 
Gritfin, SheVbv, government storekeeper. Market. 
M.S., 'wife. 
Adelaide. 
Griffin, Willard A., store manager. Front. 

" Sarah, wife. 
Griffiths, JohnS.,Supt. People's Coal Co., Church. 

" Jennie, wife. 
Gue, James, stone mason, b Wm. Hudson, Lynn. 
Gue, Sarah, domestic, Chas. Thomas, Market. 



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Gusky, Kate, clerk, b Rosa Polets, Neck. 
Hagen, Jennie, domestic, James Long, Market. 
Hall, Joseph Jr., Baker, Lynn. 
" Susan, wife. 
" May V. 
" Annie E. 
" Chas. V. 
Hall, Joseph, Sr., retired, Lvnn. 

" Eliza. 
Hall, Daniel, run steam shovel, b Frank Long, Red- 
stone. 
Hardwick, Thomas, miner. Water. 
" E. Sylvia, wife 

" W. Earl, iceman. 

Harry O. 
Harrison, Thomas, S. B. engineer, Church. 
" Annie P., wife. 

" Russell D., school. 
" Elizabeth J., school. 
EffieM., school. 
Grace F. 
Wm. H. 
" Margaret I. 
Harris, Steve, miner, Baltimore. 
" Kate, wife. 
" Steve, Jr. 
" Katie. 
Hartranft, Jennie, widow. Market. 
Hatfield, James, clerk. Market. 
" Lena, wife. 

" Frederick, clerk. 

" Eli, school. 

Haught, Anna, domestic, Mrs. E. Kaiser, Neck. 
Hawkins, F. S., civil engineer, b Storey House. 
Hawkins, Delia, telephone operator, b Mrs. Pastorus, 

Market. 
Hawkins, Chas., waiter at Albion Hotel. 
Heenan, S. P., grocer. Market. 



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Hendrickson, Geo., S. B. captain, b Bruce Madera, 

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Hertzog, Sadie, domestic, John O. Fulton, Market 
Hertzog, Thomas H., R. R. conductor, Second. 
" RavB.,wife. 

Beulah. 
Hess, Martin, druggist, b Joe Stivenson, Neck 
Hibbs, B. F., coal merchant. Church. 

" Anna B., wife. 

" Delia B. 

" Margaret S. 

" Genevieve C. 

" Sylva C. 

" Benjamin K. 

" Millie E. 
Hicks, Wilson, river man, Market. 

" Annie, wife. 
Mamie. 

" Howard. 
Etta. 

" Hazel. 

" Stanlev. 

" Wilson. 

" Margaret. 
Hicks, William, miner, Cass. 

" Lizzie, wife. 
Hicy, Sophia, domestic, Pearl Strawn, Market. 
Hill, James, school, b C. H. Chalfant, Market. 
Hogg, Sara, housekeeper, Front. 

Mary A., housekeeper. 
Holmes, Ed, miner, New. 

" Flora, wife. 
Honesty, Eliza (col.), domestic, A. M. Jacobs, Market. 
Hooper, John, miner, b P. Cox, Market. 
Horkie, Steve, miner. Water. 

" Julia, wife. 

" Steve, Jr., school. 

" Wilma, school. 



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Horkie, Annie, school. 
" John. 

Rosv. 
Mary. 
Horniell, C. P., civil engineer, b Storey House. 
Horniell, H. G., clothier, Market. 

Katheryne C.wife. 
Hormell, Walter C., shoe merchant, Front. 
" Lizzie E., wife. 
" Sara E., school. 
" Graham P., school. 
Hornbake, Emma, widow, b Wm. Golden, Second, 
Hoshe, Steve, miner, Water. 

Honore, wife. 
Hough, Mary, housekeeper. Front. 
Howe, Chas. E., boss mine driver, Market. 
" MarvE.,wife. 
" Lulu. 
" Ella. 
" Coulter. 
Howell, Geo., miner, Water. 
" Rosa, wife. 

Rosa. 
" George. 
Hudson, Wm., miner, Lynn. 

" Susan. 
Hughes, W. E., painter, Market. 
Ruth E., wife. 
Mary. 
Hunt, Wm., paper hanger. Paradise Row. 
Carrie, wife. 
" Everet, school. 
" Mary H. 
Huston, J. A., dentist. Market. 
" Elizabeth, wife. 
" Holmes. 
" McCready. 
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MollieT.,wife. 
" Walter E. 
" Hazel E. 
" Catherine. 
Inghram, Geo., clerk, Mon. R. R., Market. 
Lenora, wife. 
Ruth. 
" Annie. 

Tnghrani, Geo. W., laborer, Walnut. 
Daisy, wife. 
" Pearl I., school. 
" Grace V., school. 
Ida May. 
Minnie J. 
Ingram, Walter, teamster, Church. 
" Belle, wife. 
" George W., school. 
Irnosky, Mike, laborer, b Steve Hoke. 
Irwin, Elizabeth F., domestic, Mr. Oberlander, Front. 
Jackson, Andrew (col.), miner, Spring. 

" Susan, wife. 

Jacobs, A. M. R., clerk. Front. 
" Bessie L., wife. 
" Elizabeth B. 
Jacobs, M. R., trustee Jacobs estate. Front. 
" Virginia E., wife. 
" Ann S., school. 
Jacobs, Mrs. Ann, widow, Market. 
Jacobs, Adam, S. B. captain. Market. 
" Bell S., wife. 

Cathryn G. 
" Edward S. S. 
Jacobs, Mrs. Sarah, widow. Market. 

Mary. 
Jefferies, Clara, housekeeper. Front. 

" Bella C, housekeeper. 

Jeffery, Lida H., telephone operator, widow, Neck. 

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Jennings, Jacob, glass worker, Water. 
Dora, wife. 
" Glenn. 

" Claud, R. R. brakeman. 

" Malinda, school. 

" Earl, school. 
Harry. 
Johnston, Thomas B., school-teacher, b Howard John- 
ston, Front. 
Johnston, Mary J., school-teacher, b H. Byers. 
Johnston, Robert, street com., widower. Front. 
Johnston, Howard B., news dealer. Front. 
Amanda, wife. 
Howard B., ]v. 
Edna L. 
Johnston, Henr}', Prop. Alexander Hotel. 
Georgia, wife. 
Alex. 
Anna. 
" Andrew, father. 

Johnston, C. G., merchant, Market. 

" Louise, wife. 

Johnston, Andy, miner, Redstone. 
" Mary, wife. 
" Annie. 

" George. 

Andy, Jr. 
" Lizzie. 

Mary. 
Johnston, Henrv (col.), barber, Market. 
Matilda, wife. 
" Lincoln. 

Jones, Lizzie, Housekee|;er, Second. 
" Joseph. 
" David. 
" Thomas. 
Jones, Margaret G., clerk, Clmrch. 
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Jones, James, miner, Spring. 

Martha, wife. 
Kaiser, Catherine, widow, Xeck. 
Kallen, Hilda, domestic, Adam Jacobs, Market. 
Kantner, Paul, R. R. clerk, Front. 
Mae, wife. 
Rexford. 
Kelley, Michael, miner, b G. Giles, Water. 

" Irene. 
Kelley, Francis M., domestic, Harrv Kisinger, Market. 
Kennedy, Chas., plumber, b Girard Hotel. 
Kennedy, Stanley, Market. 
Kensel, Cal,miner, b Mrs. Meese, Redstone. 
Kensel. Isaac, miner, b Mrs. Meese, Redstone. 

M., widow, b Mrs. A. B. Leadwith, Market. 
John, carpenter, b Mrs. Annie B. Mechem, 



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John W., plumber. Market. 
'■ Margaret, wife. 

Alice. 
" Ann, school-teacher. 
" Jane, school-teacher. 
" Bessie E. 

Margaret L. 
Kisinger, Harrv, livervman. Market. 

Ollie.' 
Knox, Harriet, housekeeper, Front. 
Kolinsky, Agusta, miner, b John Gracick, Water. 
Kolinsky, Steve, miner, b John Gracick, Water. 
Koon, James, miner. Market. 
" Maggie, wife. 
" Russell. 
" Flora. 
" Georgie. 
" Grace. 
" Frank. 
Kreeps, Ada O., housekeeper. Market. 



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Kreeps, John, clerk. 
Labin, Alex., policeman. Paradise Row. 
" Jeannette, wife. 
" John, glass worker. 
" Robert, R. R. brakenian. 
" Mary, school. 
" Mathew. 
" Alex, Jr. 

Thomas S. 
" James. 
" George P. 
Lancaster, Leona, widow, b I. Wheeler, Paradise Row. 
Charles H. 
MaryE. 
Lash, Lorenza, tinner. Front. 
" Martha, wife. 

" Ellen F. 
" Margaret. 
" Willard G. 
" Chas. Lawrence. 
Laughlin, Annie, domestic, with Capt. Isaac Beazell, 

Church. 
Leaman, Maria J., chambermaid, S. E. Taylor, Front. 
Ledwith, Marv M,. housekeeper. Front. 
Ledwith, Mrs. A. B., widow. Market. 
" Wm. L., school. 

" Margaret A. 

MaryM. 
" Andrew B., Jr. 

Leighty, John, baker, b Chas. W. Tunstall, Second. 
Lenhart, Wm. L., Mfr. of crackers. Front. 
" Ann J., wife. 

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Wm.' Chat land. 
John J. 
Lenhart, George W., insurance agent, Church. 



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Lewellyn. C. Gregg, principal Brownsville schools, b 

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Lillard, John, barber, b Johnston's, Market. 
Logan, Marcus, invalid, b John Mitchell, Arch. 
Long, Mary E., widow. Front. 

" John W., miner. 
Long, James, coal dealer Market. 
Marv E. 
" Chas. Y. 
" William. 
'' Sarah. 
Long, Frank, teamster, Redstone. 
" Marv, wife. 
" Fred. 
Long, William, b B. F. Bowman, ]\Iarket. 
Elvy, plumber. 
" Harvey, laborer. 
Lo^hevic, Mary, domestic, Front. 
Lowe, Rasean, widow, Redstone. 
" Frank, bartender, Water. 
Lowstetter, Daniel, butcher. Water. 
" Annie M., wife. 

" Jacob, mine foreman. 

Luder, Ludwig, miner. Church. 
" Mary, wife. 
" Elizabeth, school. 

Matilda. 
" Amanda. 
" Fehx. 
" George. 
" Mary. 
Luft, Andrew, shoemaker, Market. 
" M argaret A . , wif e . 
" Harry C. laborer. 
" Thomas A., miner. 
" David. 
" Catherine. 



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Luft, Joseph, miner, Market. 
" Maud, wife. 
" Margaret M. 
Lynch, J. F., grocer, Market. 

" Sarah, wife. 
L^^nn, Frank, section boss R. R., Church. 
" Ahce,wife. 
" Mabel C. 
" Albert E. 
Madera, Henry, stone mason, Market. 

Ella. 
Madera, Bruce, harness maker. Front. 
Edith, wife. 
MaryE. 
Helen L. 
Bruce H., Jr. 
Makepeace, Robert, miner, Church. 
Maranda, Joe, miner, Baltimore. 
" Consetta, wife. 
" Winchester. 

Mardorff, Edw. M., plumber, Front. • 
" Hattie B., wife. 
Paul H., school. 
" Mary A., school. 
Marshall, Robert, junk dealer. Baltimore. 
" Maggie, wife. 
" Katie, school. 
" Celia, school. 
Massey, Elsie E., clerk, b Thomas Storer, Front. 
Mash, Dominick, foreman R. R., Market. 
Mason, James H., R. R. conductor. Church. 
Anna H., wife. 
Lelia. 
Margaret. 
Ellen. 
Robert C. 
Albert. 
Mason, Kate, housekeeper. Market. 



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Mason, Mary L., clerk. Church. 

" L. M., housekeeper. 
Maucheck, Joe, miner, Baltimore. 
Jennie, wife. 
" Mary, school. 

" Maggie, school. 

" Helen, school. 

" Clemeth. 

McAleese, Patrick, laborer, Second. 
" Bridget, wife. 

" Kate, tailoress. 

" Annie, school. 

" James. 

'• Clara. 

McBurney, Ann, widow, b Ann Jacobs, Market. 
McCauley, Virginia, servant, O. K. Taylor, Front. 
McCollough, Charlotte B., school, Cass. 
McCormick, W. B., agent. Front. 
" Eliza J., wife. 

" William J., school. 

McCormick, Mike, R. R. engineer, Albion Hotel. 
McCoy, Chas. V., laborer. Market. 
" Emma C, wife. 
" Nora R. 
" Glen J. 
" Chas. Lawrence. 
McCracken, Margaret, grocer. Market. 
McCune, Mary J., widow, Front. 

" William H . , laborer. 
McDonough, John I., laborer, Front. 
" Jane, wife. 

" Isaac v., teamster. 

" Kate C. 

" Richard, laborer. 

John L. 
McFarland, Ben, clerk at Monongahela House. 
McGintv, S. Florence, school-teacher. Front. 



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McKnight, Jane, housekeeper, Redstone. 
McKniglit. Hallie, domestic, W. S. Green, Water. 
McMillin, Chas., restaurant, Neck. 
Martha v., wife. 
" Cora, school. 
" Katie, school. 
Mechem, Mrs. Mary F., Baltimore. 
" Blanche E., school. 
John T. 
Frank. 
Helen V. 
Mechem, Annie B., widow, Cass. 
Mechem, Mary, widow, Church. 
Mechem, George W., bricklayer, Baltimore. 
Mar}' R., wife. 
" A. Kate, school-teacher. 
Ollie J., laborer. 
Medley, Wm., minister M. E. church, Church. 
" Emily, wife. 

William, clerk. 
" Emma A. 
Edith M. 
Meese, Nancy, domestic. Front. 
Meese, Thomas, laborer. Second. 
" Rachael, wife. 

Isaac T. 
" Rebecca. 
" Louis. 
" Margaret. 
" John. 
" Charles. 
Meese, Annie, widow, Redstone. 
" Tressa. 
Frank. 
" Lottie. 
" Carroll. 
Mega, Andrew, banker, b Monongahela House. 
Melchahna, Dominick, miner, Front. 



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Water Street, Bridgeport. 



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Moor, Orion, carpenter. Water. 
Ella A., wife. 
" Minona. 
" Hazel. 
Moore, Pinkey (col.), teamster, Front. 

" Bessie, wife. 
Moorhead, Geo. S., jeweler. Front. 

" Maggie E., wife. 

Moorhouse, Win., butcher. Front. 
" Anna R., wife. 

" J. Nelson, school. 

" Edward C, school. 

Annie S. 
Morrison, John, w^atchman on R. R., b Frank Lynn, 

Church. 
Morrison, James I., employee Water Co., Market. 

" Nellie, wife. 
Movers, Alvin J., carpenter. Market. 
" Kate, wife. 
Goldie. 
Royal S. 
Karl, A. J. 
Mular, George, meat market, Front. 
" Lizzie, wife. 

" George, ]r. 
John. 
Steve. 
" Margaret. 
Mundorf, Lovetta, b Mrs. A. E. Sheets, Church. 
Murphy, Allie, plasterer, b Albion Hotel. 
Neal, Alex (col.), minister. Baptist, b W. M. Dillon, 

Baltimore. 
Nifert, John, hostler, Market. 
" Anna, wife. 
" Clair. 
Oberlander, Ervin J., draughtsman. Market. 
" Florence, wife. 

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Water Street., Bridgeport.. 



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Patton, 
Patton, 



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Pastorius, Mary E. 
Ellen. . 
Patchen, Paul, engineer, b Albion Hotel. 
Patterson, Alvin C, chief of police, Grog Lane. 
" Almeda P., wife. 

Howard R. 
Almeda F. 
Irs. C. E., widow, Church. 
Helen, widow. Neck. 
" Duncan, school. 
Pellegrino, Jennie, clerk, b R. Frediana, Front. 
Phillips, Mrs. Anna C, music teacher, Church. 
" Percival, War Cor. London Times. 
J. C, bank teller. 
Phillips, D. R., music dealer, Neck. 
Phillips, John, music dealer. Neck. 
' Piattelli, George, miner, Baltimore. 
Clara, wife. 
Chas., undertaker. Market. 
Bertha, wife. 
" Marie. 
" Isabel. 
Poletz, Rosa, frtiit dealer and banker. Neck. 
" Mary, wife, 
" Lucretia. 

Frank. 
" Thomas, clerk. 
Pomroy, Thomas, teamster, Redstone. 
Pomroy, Martha, widow, Redstone. 
" Lavera. 
" Margaret. 
Martha. 
Pomroy, John, teamster, Redstone. 

" Ruth, wife. 
Porter, Geo. N., watchman, Cass. 
" Sarah J., wife. 
" Chas. B., clerk. 
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Porter, Alice L. 
" Sarah L. 
Poundstone, Mary, widow, Water. 
Power, James B., grocer. Front. 
Emma McC, wife. 
" Elsie McC. 
Pratt, H. M., carpenter, Baltimore. 

Mary E., wife. 
Pratt, Wm. D., photographer, Baltimore. 

Rebecca, wife. 
Puncert, Leon, miner, Water. 

Antionet, wife. 
Purcell, Elizabeth, housekeeper. Church. 
Pvksia, Lizzie, Redstone. 
Ouinn, Lucy, nurse, Front. 
Ramage, Moses, miner. Walnut. 
" Sarah, wife. 

" Dester, school. 

Rambo, Wm. E., Rector Christ Church, Church St. 
Mary G., widow. 
Mary L. 
Reagan, Michael, tipple boss, Redstone. 

" Elmira, wife. 
Reichard, Dr. C. C, Front. 
" Mary L., wife. 
" Mary K., school. 
" Lewis, doctor. 

Richardson, Jacob (col.), miner, Front. 

'' Belle, wife. 

Richie, L. C, merchant, Front. 
" Carl W., merchant. 
" William, bartender. 
" Helen, school. 
Richie, G. Lena, housekee]ier, Market. 
Rol:)inson, Owen (col.), miner, Second. 

" Lillie, wife. 

Robinson, H. W., druggist. Market. 
" Anna L., wife. 



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Robinson, J. A., grocery store, Market. 
" Jessie M., school-teacher. 

Lulu v., clerk. 
NelHe, clerk. 
Roher, Chas. E., bartender, Church. 
" Annie B., wife. 
" Nellie. 
" Wallace. 
Rose, Samuel, fruit dealer, Market. 

" Charles, Jr. 
Roseo, Frank, miner, Redstone. 
" Georgiana, wife. 
" Frank, miner. 
Ross, J. T., furniture and undertaking. Market. 
" Martha, wife. 
" Homer, bookkeeper. 
" Fannie, school. 
" Hazel, school. 
Roxby, John, electrician. Church. 
" Lvda, wife. 

Ronal. 
" Earl. 
" Eugene. 
" Ethel. 
Rush, J. S., proprietor Monongahela House. 

" Margaret E., wife. 
Russ, Geo., laborer. Front. 

Sabitano, Talleo, laborer, b Frank Roseo, Redstone. 
Salliman, John, R. R. conductor, b Mrs. Cora Smalley, 

Market. 
Sanforth, J. G., undertaking and furniture, Market. 

" Lavenia, wife. 
Sapsey, Steve, laborer. Front. 
" Annie, wife. 
" James. 
Sarver, Wm., glass worker. Front. 
" Mollie, wife. 
" Henry, retired. 




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Sawver, Jacob, retired, Market. 

Mary. wife. 
Schneider, F. W. L., supervisor P. V. & C, Front. 
" Addie, wife. 

" Marv A., school. 

Adelaide C. 
" Joseph C. 

Seekers, Andy, miner, Si)ring. 
" Lizzie, wife. 
Marv. 
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Andy, Jr. 
Seddon, Wm., contractor. Spring. 
" Anna, wife, 
" Percy, bookkeeper. 
Sellers, Henry, carpenter, b Annie B. Mechem, Cass. 
Shaffer, Jacob, R. R. conductor, Market. 
" Katie A., wife. 
Helen B. 
James M. 
Ruth. 
Sharatt, Thomas, miner, Water. 
Mollie D., wife. 
KateM. 
Bertha A. 
Willie G. 
Ruth L. 
Lillie E. 
Shaw, E. G., school-teacher. Front. 
" MarvB. 
" John N. 
" Annie. 
" Helen R. 
Shawn, Ed., jeweler, b Alexander House. 



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Shearer, H. B., foreman, Front. 
" Irene, wife. 
" George D . 
Sheets, Margaret, widow. Market. 

" Elizabeth, tailoress. 
Sheets, Ida, with K. J. Shupe, Market. 
Sheets, Miss Anna, housekeeper, Church. 
Shelton, Minnie, domestic, Mr. Hudson, Lynn. 

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Sherriden, Martin, R. R. foreman, b Frank Long, Red- 
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Shingle, Mr., freight brakeman, b Elizabeth Grafinger 

Front. 
Shipley, C. A., foreman work train. Market. 

" Katie, wife. 
Shoemaker, Martha, widow. Market. 

" Mary Martha, music teacher. 

Shookler, Manervia, clerk. Front. 
Shrout, G. W., R. R. conductor, Redstone. 

" Birdie, wife. 
Shupe, K, J., merchant. Market. 
" Melia,wife. 
" Harry L., brick maker. 
Simmons, Eliza, maiden, with Mr. Mechem, Church. 

" Carrie, maiden, with Mr. Mechem, Church. 

Simpson, John, carpenter, b Frank Long, Redstone. 
Sinclair, Duncan, plumber, Market. 
" Louie, wife. 
" Duncan, Jr. 
Slicker, J. A., glass worker, Baltimore. 
" Louise, wife. 

Haddie. 
" Dott. 
Sloan, Chas., miner. Water. 
Smallev, Cora, housekeeper, Market. 
" ' Ruth. 
Lillian. 
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Smith, Elgie, b Mike Reagan, Redstone. 
Smith, Jeannette, widow, Front. 
" Melrose 
" John. 
" Maggie. 
" Essa. ■ 
Smith, C. H., carpenter. Market. 

" Blanche H., wife. 
Smith, S. M., miner, Cass. 
" Elizal)eth, wife. 
" JohnM. 
" Margaret W. 
" Alice R. 
Smith, Lucy, servant, M. R. Jacobs, Front. 
Smock, Adam, glass worker, b Ed. Snowdon, Stony 

Road. 
Smothers, Chas. (col.), laborer. Second. 

'' Mary J., wife. 

Smothers, Wm. (col.), laborer, Spring. 
'' Casey E., wife. 

" Lvman, laborer. 

Willie, Jr. 
Marv R. 
Ada. 
Snider, Bert, laborer, Redstone. 

" Elmer, school. 
Snider, James H., laborer, Clmrch. 
Snider, Elijah, laborer, Redstone. 

Phoebe, wife. 
Snowdon, Mrs. Edward, widow, Stony Road. 
" Esther, telephone o])erator. 

Bertha. 
Snowdon, Ross, car ins])ector. 

Lillie.wife. 
Snowdon, J. Xelson, retired. Market. 
" Eliza, wife. 

" Margaret L. 
" J. Howard, real estate dealer. 




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Snowdon, C. L., Pres. Mon. Nat. Bank, Market. 
" Elizabeth, wife. 

LidaH. 
" George H. 
" Carol vn. 

Felix B. 
Chas. N. 
Mary E. 
Sobolosk, Antonio, miner, Water. 
Sparling, Ida, with Jacob Shaffer, Market. 
Spielman, Elizabeth, Church. 
Spiker, Isaac, sta. engineer. Front. 
Elnia, wife. 
" Clyde J. 
" Anna P. 
" Elmer C. 
" Emerson. 
" Earl. 
Sprule, Margaret, school-teacher, b T. Hertzog, Second' 
Stea, Katie, widow. Spring. 

" John, school. 
Steele, Geo. C, tax collector, Market. 

Ella, wife. 
Steele, Geo., mining engineer, b Jas. Collier, Church. 
Steele, William C, postmaster. Church. 
Mary A., wife. 
" Helen J., school. 
" Lawrence, school. 
Stevens, John, operator, b Ed. Snowdon, Stony Road. 
Stivenson, Joe, cooper, Neck. 
" Kizzia. wife. 

" Bessie, school. 

" Martha, school. 

Storer, Thomas, carpenter. Front. 
"' Keziah, wife. 
" Wm. C, R. R. timekeeper. 
" Ellen D., clerk. 
" ShelbvG.. bricklayer. 






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^ ^ " ' Elizabeth, wife. 

^ y ' Storey, Matthew, proprietor Storey House. 

(Q / " ' Julia, wife. 

^ '' Blanche. 

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C»^ Storey, John H., stone mason. Market. 

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Cy Q^ Strawn, Pearl, contractor. Market. 



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" Caroline, school. 
" Katherine. 
" James. 
" Francis. 
Street, Priscilla, widow, b A. Underwood, Walnut. 
" Aciuilla. 
" John, School. 
Swan, Fred, miner. Water. 
Minnie, wife. 
Katie. 
Martha. 
Haddie. 
Sylvia. 

Swearer, A. M., merchant, Market. 
" Emma, clerk. 
" Sadie. 
Swearer, Peter, carpet weaver. Church. 

" Nettie, wife. 
Swearer, Pauline, widow, Redstone. 
Tatka, Michael, miner, Baltimore. 

Mary, wife. 
Taylor, Oliver K., vice jjres. Nat. De])t. Bank, Front. 
Tavlor, Mrs. J. H., housekeeper. Church. 
Hettie P. 
" Emily F., organist. 
Taylor, Sarah, b C. E. Patton, Church. 



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Taylor, Samuel E., cashier Nat. Deposit Bank, Front. 
" Ella, wife. 
" Howard F., college student. 

Allen K., school. 
" Oliver M., school. 
Thomas, Frank, sta. engineer. Market. 
Mahala, wife. 
" Sadie. 
Grace. 
Thomas, Martha S., widow, b Frank Thomas. 
Thomas, John K., sta. engineer. Market. 
" Alice, wife. 
" Stanley E. 
Thomas, David, laborer, Lynn. 
Eliza, wife. 
" Wilham B. 
Samuel. 
George. 
Nancy. 
Thomas, Jessie, Lynn. 
" Bessie, wife. 
" Miss Amanda. 
Thomas, Charles, laborer, Market. 
" Lucy, wife. 
" Arthur, school. 
Alice. 
Thomas, Elizabeth, widow, b Geo. Cox, Front. 
Thompson, George M., teamster. Market. 
Annie, wife. 
Arzilla. 
Todd, Margaret A., widow, Front. 
" Lucy, milliner. 
" Cora, milliner. 
" Ewing B., bank clerk. 
Toy, John, R. R.brakeman, b G. W. Shrout, Redstone. 
Trebisak, Michael, blacksmith, Redstone. 
" Mary, wife. 
William. 




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Trebisak, Katherine. 

Tretnbulvk, Marv, b Andy Johnston, Redstone. 
Troth, O'. J., tailor, Market. 
Elizabeth, wife. 
George J., tailor. 
" Albert D., bookkeeper. 
" William H., clerk. 
Tunstall, Charles W., baker, Second. 
Kate, wife. 
" Ensign. 

" Marion. 

Undermart, Ernest, upholsterer, 1j Storey House. 
Underwood, Aquila, pit boss, Walnut. 

" Anna, wife. 

Vandergrift, Wm., stationary engineer, b Isaac Spiker, 

Front. 
Viskers, George, miner, Coal Hill Road. 
" Ellen, wife. 
" Arthur. 
" George. 
John. 
Nellie. 
" Joseph. 

Eliza. 
" Emma. 
Vliet, Viola, domestic, William Bell, Market. 
Waggoner, Margaret, widow, Market. 
Wall, Lee, laundryman. Market. 
Walker, Louis, Bank clerk, b Alexander Hotel. 
Walker, John, miner, b A. Underwood, Paradise Row. 
Wardman, Jones, miner, b S. Bennett, Redstone. 

" Carrie, wife. 

Wargo, John, miner, b Mike Talko, Paradise Row. 
Watson, C. J., miner, Baltimore. 
" Sarah, wife. 
Wesley G. 
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Watson, James, checkweighman, Church. 
" Ella, housekeeper. 

Hannah, housekeeper. 
Watson, Foster, superintendent mine, Church. 
Elizabeth, wife. 
'' Marie. 
" Helen. 
" Margaret. 
Weaver, R. W., Adams Express agt., b Storey House. 
Weller, Albert S., electrical engineer, Front. 

Flo M., wife. 
West, F. D., M'g'r cooper shop. Church. 
" Priscilla, wife. 
" Robert, manager cooper shop. 
Wetzel, Lou, miner, Lynn. 
" Annie, wife. 
Claud K. 
Winnie D. 
Robert H. 
" DoriceE. 
Wheeler, Isaac, miner. Paradise Row. 

" Martha, wife. 

Whetsel, Blanche, domestic, W. B. McCormick, Front. 
Whetzel, Mary, widow, Second. 
" Elmer M., miner. 

" William C, miner. 

Whetzel, Nelson G., miner. Church. 
" Harriett, wife. 

" Levada, tailoress. 
" Mary, clerk. 
" Ada, school. 

John. 
" Nelson, Jr. 

Bella. 
Whetzel, Delmer, laborer, Redstone. 
" Mariah, wife. 

John H. 
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White, D. J., foreman construction, b E. Grafinger, 
Front. 
" Oney, wife. 
White, John H., coal hauler. Second. 
Sarenia, wife. 
Maud E. 
Whiteyet, Joseph, miner, b Andy Johnston, Redstone: 
W^ilkenson, Miss M. E., housekeeper, Church. 

Frank V., gent. 
Williams, Steve, miner, Baltimore. 
Berdie, wife. 
" Emmett D. 

" Victoria. 

AVilliams, William, b R. Giles, W^ater. 
Williams, Haddie, widows Water. 
" William P., glass worker. 

" James G., miner. 

Robert L. 
" Russell T. 
W'illiams, Joseph, laborer, Front. 
Ellen, wife. 
" D. Jennie. 

" Catherine. 

Willons, Mamie, school, W^ater. 

Kittie. 
Wilson, Edward, tobie roller, Redstone. 

" C. Viola, wife. 
Wise, B., merchant, Front. 
Kate, wife. 
" Annie. 
" Ethel. 
" Herman. 
Woodockic, Stanley, miner, b John Gracick, W^ater. 
Worth, Elmer, R. R. clerk, b L. H. Richey, Market. 
Wright, Frank, miner, Redstone. 
" Maggie, wife. 

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PROVISIONS AND PRCDUCE 



Wright, Leon. 

Wylie, George, miner. Front. 
" Priscilla, wife. 
" Isabella. 
" Margaret A. 
George W. 
Prisalla. 
" Idaline. 
Yoder, Miss Florence B., with L. C. Richie, Front. 
Yoder, Walter, carpenter, b Frank Loney, Redstone. 
Zimmerman, W. H., fruit tree agent, Front. 
MoUie B., wife. 
Harry C. 
" Margaret L. 

Elmer E. 
Zinner, Jacob C, miner, Front. 
" Marv, wife. 
" Hildy M. 
" Howard L. 

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Acklin, Elizabeth, widow, High. 
Bertha V., dressmaker. 
" Rubie K., school. 
Adams, F. S., proprietor Herbertson House, "Water. 
" Jennie S., wife. 
F. E., clerk. 
Winnie B. 
" Lizzie S. 
Adams, Lloyd, barber, Prospect. 
Ella E., wife. 
" Reggie. 
" Margaret. 
Ailes, John W., carpenter, b C. J. Miller, Second. 
Ailes, John, carpenter, b Chris. Cock, Second. 
Alexander, John H. (col.), laborer. High. 

Isabel, wife. 
Allen, James, farmer. Mill. 

Isabel, wife. 
Allen, John, blacksmith, b Edward J. Carmack, Pros- 
pect. 
Allison, William M., laborer, Second. 
"■ Priscilla, wife. 
" Willard J., school. 
Allison, John, farmer. Angle. 
" Cirilda, wife. 
" Carrie. 
Allison, Graham, clerk. High. 
" Georgia A., wife. 



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Altman, John, tailor, High. 
" Mrs. John, wile. 

" John, Jr. 

Amnion, Corneha N., widow, Water. 
Anderson, Wilhani (col.), miner, b John Alexander, 

High. 
Anderson, Martin V., carpenter. High. 

" Nellie E., wife, nurse. 

Anderson, Marv, widow. High. 
Anderson, Willard, b Marv Anderson, High. 
Anderson, Thomas, laborer. High. 
" Matilda, wife. 

Fred. 
Anderson, Charles, miner, b Frank Edison, Race. 
Anderson, J. F., mine boss, New Town. 
" Annie B., wife. 

" George T., engineer. 

" • Ora B., fireman. 

Nora O. 
" Romola, school. 

Anderson, William W. (col.), miner. Cemetery Road. 
" Josephine, wife. 

" George, school. 

" Louis, school. 

" Joseph, school. 

Arensberg, Conrad L., plumber. High. 

" Blanche, wife. 

Arensberg, Lewis F., plumber, High. 
" Lida, wife. 

Rachel A. 
Lewis F., Jr. 
Armstrong, Margaret, widow. Prospect. 
Armstrong, William C, merchant. Water. 

Mary E., wife. 
Armstrong, Louis, blacksmith, b Mrs. Corwin, Water. 
Arnett, Benjamin H. (col.), laborer. Clover. 
Marv M.. wife. 
Frank L. 



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Arnett, John L. (col.), laborer, b B. H. Arnett, Clover. 


Arnett, Frank (col.), retired. Second. 
Lucinda, wife. 


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" Charlie. 


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Arnold, Lewis A., machinist, b Penn. Hotel. 


Atkins, Samuel (col.), miner.b William Prunty, Water. 


Atlee, John, asst. supervisor, P. R. R., b Penn Hotel. 




Minnie, wife. 


Aubrey, R. L., manager Aubrey Liunber Co., Prospect. 


" Katherine, wife. 


" Robert L., Jr., bookkeeper. 




" William M., college. 


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Banks, 



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Bakewell, Bennett, D. 

Roy. 
Baldwin, Clark T., justice of peace, Race. 
" Maggie E., wife. 

Bertie M. 
S3'dner (col.), laborer, Pearl. 
Eliza, wife. 
Charles, porter. 
Nancy J., housekeeper. Second. 
Uh'ssus G., carpenter, Pearl. 
" Minnie, wife. 
" Virginia I. 
" Martha J. 
Bar, Irene, housekeeper. High. 
'' Laura B., housekeeper. 
" Jennie, housekeeper. 
" John F., gent- 
Barnes, Annie (col.), domestic. Water. 
Bendic, Mary, domestic, R. AV. Taylor, Second. 
Berry, Julia, servant, John Pierce, Coal Road. 
Berry, Samuel B., laborer, Coal Road. 
" Lvdia, wife. 
" Thomas. 
" Charlie. 
" Joseph. 
" Samuel, Jr. 
Berry, Lera, domestic, H. B. Cock, Water. 
Berry, Neville, painter, b Wm. Devault, High. 
Berry, George, bartender, b Penn Hotel. 
Bevan, Thomas, miner. High. 
" Bessie, wife. 
" Howard. 
Bicker, Jennie, school, b Samuel Smith, Second. 
Biesenknap, Rose, domestic, T. H. Patton, Water. 
Bishop, Miles, painter, b Chris. Cock, Second. 
Bivins, David, school, New Town. 
Black, Ada M., widow. Mill. 
" Rebeca N., school. 






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Black, James (col.), laborer, Second. 
" MarvS., wife. 
" John T., hotel waiter. 
" Minnie L., wife. 
Blair, Mary D., widow. Clover. 

Benjamin, painter. 
Blair, James, wagon maker. Second. 
Phoeba J., wife. 
" Samuel G., carpenter. 
Bolden, Henrietta, (col.), widow, b Robert Kennedy, 

near A. M. E. Church. 
Bolden, Moses (col.), laborer. High. 
" Henrietta, wife. 
" Richard, laborer. 
Grant. 
Bolden, Caroline (col.), housekeeper. 
Bolden, Thomas G. (col.), laborer. Second. 

" Bessie. 
Booth, Charles E., R. R. flagman. High. 
Georgia A., wife. 
Thelma. 
Bowers, Albert, carpenter, New Town. 
Bowman, Alice, widow. Cemetery. 
" John H., laborer. 

" Mary A., school. 

" Jahu E., school. 

" Grace B., school. 

Boyd, Frank, carpenter, b Mr. Magee, Second. 
Boyd, W. H., timekeeper, b Mrs. C. N. Ammon, Water. 
Brady, Mamie E. (col.), b Sarah E. Workman, Second. 
" Ada v., school. 
" Lizzie M., school. 
Brawlev, Maria, widow, Water. 
Braw'ner, Charles, laborer. New Town. 
Bray, John (col.), laborer, High. 

Cora, wife. 
Brazell, Harrv, ininer, b Thomas Williams, Second. 



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Water Street, Bridgeport. 



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Bremard, L. W., bookkeeper, b Penn'a Hotel. 
Bricker, Jennie, school, b Samuel Smith, Second. 
Bright, William, H. author, inventor, b J. Percy Hart, 

Second. 
Brisbane, Robert, civil eng., b J. C. Higinbutham, 
Water. 
Mary L., wife. 
" Agnes B., school. 

Britton, William, distiller. Second. 
" Malinda, wife. 

Elizabeth. 
" Catherne. 
Britton, William, Jr., steamboat eng., Second. 

" Daisy, wife. 
Brown, J. Frank, foreman Monitor, Prospect. 
" Sarah A., wife. 
" Margaret C. 
Brown, Alva C, R. R. frt. conductor. Pearl. 
Cora M., wife. 
" Ervin A. 
Olive M. 
" Francis H. 

Louis P. 
" Orvil N. 
Brundege, Lottie, b Joe Davis, Coal Road. 
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" Lena. 

Buckley, Priscilla, widow% dressmaker. High. 

" Margaret, clerk. 

Bufifington, Robert, clerk, Water. 
Margaret, wife. 
Robert E. 
Buffington, W. J., gent, b Penn. Hotel. 
Rulger, William H., tailor. Prospect. 
Minerva S., wdfe. 
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Bulger, Rinard R., merchant tailor, High. 
" Kate D., wife. 
" Lawrence, school. 
" Kenneth S., school. 
Bulger, H. H., druggist, Water. 

Eleanor, wife. 
Bumry, Rev. R. H. (col.), minister, Hill. 
" Jennie B., wife. 
" Richard H., school. 
" Arnold A., school. 
" Julia E., school. 
" William C. 
Burchett, E. A., fireman, b S. A. Minehart, Bank. 
Burnett, Levi H., Pearl. 
" Lida, wife, clerk. 
MarvE. 
FredM. 
Thomas A. 
Bttrnett, Lydia, widow, High. 
Burton, George, retired, b William Burton, Bank. 
Burton, William, miner. Bank. 
Elizabeth J., wife. 
Celia, school. 
Margaret K. 
John R. 
Chester. 

Butler, Emma J. (col.), widow. Cemetery. 
Maggie, school. 
'' Thomson, school. 
" Morris, school. 
" Plummer, laborer. 
Butterheld, Harry C, b Mrs. Wm. Swan, Prospect. 
Byrne, Emma H., b Mrs. Joshua Speer, Prospect. 
Cain, Levenia (col.), widow. Bank. 

" Levon, school. 
Caine, Virginia Louise, b Penn. Hotel. 
Caine, George B., clerk Penn. Hotel. 



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Caine, Ethel L., wife. 
Caniino, Joseph, baker, Grant. 
Camjjbell, Richard, laborer, New Town. 
Sarah, wife. 

" Viola, school. 

" Julia, school. 

" Allen, school. 

CaniTjbell, L. G., R. R. frt. conductor, High. 

Laura, wife. 
Campbell, Mr., carpenter, b Ida M. Black, Mill. 
Carlson, Chas., miner, b Frank Edison, Race. 
Carmack, Jeremiah H., clerk, Penn'a Hotel. 
Carmack, Zephaniah, steamboat agt.-, Prospect. 

" Rebecca, wife. 

" Charles, inventor. 

Carmack, Edw. J., carpenter, Prospect. 

" Margaret M., wife. 

Carnelius, Leslie M., R. R. brakeman, High. 

Edith M., wife. 
Carpenter, Wm. H. (col.), waiter, High. 

" Eva, wife. 

" Catherne. 

Blanche. 

" Jessie. 

" Susie. 

Carpenter, Vincent (col.), cook, b Ann Peyton, Clover. 
Carpenter, Jas. H., cook, b Ann Peyton, Clover. 
Carpenter, Annie (col.), servant, T. D. Hann, High. 
Carrick, John, laborer, b Chris Cock, Second. 
Carson, Thomas (col.), stable boss, b Sara E. Work- 
man, Second. 
Carter, Bulah S., school, b Jas. S. Cropp, Bank. 
Carter, Cora, domestic, Ed. McCullcugh, Second. 
Carter, Geo. H., b H. B. Cock, Second. 
Cassidy, Horasha B., canvasser. High. 
Levenia, wife. 
Chistv, tobie maker. 
Cavanaugh, John, engineer, Green Lane. 



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" M argaret M . , wi f e . 
Cock, Christian, carpenter. Second. 
" Mary, wife. 
" Peri a. 
" Alice. 

Hettie. 
" Pauline. 
Cock, H. B., steamboat captain, vSecond. 

Harriet, wife. 
Cock, John W., ship carpenter. High. 
" Grace F., wife. 
" Thomas F., asst. surveyor. 

J. Fisher, R. R. employe. 
'' Williard, emp. pop shop. 
" M. Irene, school. 
" Lena A., school. 
" Rebecca M. 
" Bracken O. 
Condon, Mr., clerk, Water. 
Condon, William, retired. Water. 

" Margaret M., wife. 
Conelly, Thomas, furniture dealer. Arch. 
" Annie W., wife. 
" William W., school. 
" Margaret M., school. 
Conley, Margaret, widow. Prospect. 
Cook, Bertha, domestic, Harry Shank, Second. 
Cope, Eli, chief police, Water. 
" Lizzie, wife. 
" Paul, laborer. 
" Clyde.- 
" Russell. 
" Ruth. 
Coratis, John, miner, New Town. 
Corwin, Mary A., widow. Water. 

" Eyeret B.. clerk. 
Costerlee, Joseph, R. R. laborer, b Jeo. Ross, Clover. 



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Couse, E. P., editor Weekly Monitor, Second. 
" Henrietta, wife. 

James M. 
" Edwin. 
" Catherine. 
0)uzin, Edward (col.), waiter, Second. 
Covatch, Charles, miner, b Makasky, Clover. 
Cowin, Frank E., steamboat mate, Second. 
" Margaret, wife. 
" Earl. 
Cox, Katherine (col.), w^idow, Clover. 

" R. Henry, watchman. 
Crable, Roy (col.), hostler. Second. 
Craft, Emma K., widow, High. 
" Clara P., school. 
" Edgar W., school. 
Craft, James, dry goods merchant, Second. 

May, wife. 
Craft, Nathaniel G., merchant, Second. 
" MarvS.,wife. 
" Williams., Jr. 
Craft, W^ alter, R. R. employee. Prospect. 
Cramer, W. W., R. R. weighmaster. Water. 

" Charlotte L., wife. 
Crawford, Geo. W., retired farmer. High. 

Lou M., wife. 
Crawford, Mary S., housekeeper. High. 

" Margaret E. 

Crawford, Robert P., gent., Prospect. 
" Ruth E., wife. 

William B. 
Crawford, Edward F., carpenter, Water. 
" Jennie, wife. 

William D. 
Crawford, Marv J., widow, Second. 

" Thomas P., invalid. 

Crawford, Martha J., wddow, W^ater. 



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Crawford, Cephes L., carpenter, Water. 
" Lizzie, wife. 

Ralph B. 
Donald L. 
Crawford, John T., steamboat captain. High. 

" Annie, wife. 

Crawford, Howard J., car recorder, b Elizabeth Acklin, 
High. 
" Caroline B., wife. 
Robert E. 
Crawford, Edith R., widow. Bank. 

" Samuel C, clerk. 
Crawford, James G., laborer. Water. 
" Margaret A., wife. 

" Oliver B., cooper. 

"• Watson E., school. 
" Margaret I., school. 

Cromlow, Diana, widow, Prospect. 
Cropp, Joseph S., blacksmith. Bank. 
Martha A., wife. 
" Samuel H., blacksmith. 
" William B., blacksmith. 
" Milton L., school. 
Cropp, Mary E., housekeeper, Water. 

Lucius S., invalid. 
Cross, Charles, miner, New Town. 
" Sallie. 
" James. 
" Charles, Jr. 
" Louis. 
Cumpston, H. R., freight conductor. High. 
EffieF.,wife. 
Minnie M., school. 
Paul R., school. 
" Caroline H., school. 

Mary V. * 
" Lawrence H. 

Cunningham, Wm. H., teamster. Bank. 



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Geo. A., teamster. 
Curtis, C. H. (col.), waiter, Penn'a Hotel. 
Cushman, Walter, civil eng., b Barr House. 
Dales, Geo., mining engineer, Mrs. Clawson, Prospect. 
Darby, William, clerk, b Mrs. Elma Swan, Prospect. 
Darwin, Edward, laborer, b Penn. Hotel. 
Daugherty, Silas H., blacksmith. Green Lane. 
Eunice, wife. 
Mary, E. 
Daugherty, William T., l)arber, Water. 
Anna M., wife. 
Nellie. 
" Sarah. 

Daugherty, Lollie, b W. T. Daugherty, Water. 
Daugherty, Sarah C, b S. E. F. Davis, High and Mill, 
Daugherty, J. Frank, barber. High. 
Sophie, wife. 
Ruth E. 
Daugherty; Enoch, steamboat mate. Second. 
Margaret, wife. 
" Benjamin, ])lumber. 

Davis, Hiram, lumberman, Higii. 
'■ Emma, wife. 
" Birdie C. 
'" E valine H. 
" Howard H 
Davis, Joseph H., laborer. Coal Road. 
Davis, Margaret, b Joe Davis, Coal Road. 
Davis, Andrew, b George S. Herbertson, Water. 
Davis, S. E. F., invalid, High and Mill. 
Anabell, wife. 
Miller, Em. marble works. 
Davis, Arthur, miner. Second. 
Davis, H. C, clerk. Water. 
Einma J., wife. 
" John J., school. 
" David S., school. 



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Davis, William L., school. 

" James. 
Davison, Harry, tailor, High. 
" Lizzie, wife. 
" Jemiie. 

" Charles. 

" Charlotte. 

Dawson, Bessie, b Dawson Reynolds, Water. 
Dawson, Mr., clerk, b Bar House. 
Dawson, Wm., bookkeeper, b Mrs. Clawson, Prospect. 
Dearth, William, farmer, High. 

Myrtle A., wife. 
DeBolt, Haddie R., b Spencer Dusenl^erry, Second. 
DeLaney, Daniel, machinist. Prospect. 
" Bathia, wife. 

William W. 
" Charles R., clerk. 
Mvrtle M. 
DeLaney, John H., molder, b W. B. McAlpin, High. 
DeLaney, Samuel, machinist. Prospect. 
" Hannah J., wife. 

" Etta M., school-teacher. 

" Emma G. 

Dennis, Washington (col.), miner, Hill Road. 

Minnie, wife. 
Detwiler, Annie, domestic, W. C. Nimon. 
Devault, Lula A., b Joe Davis, Coal Road. 
Devault, William, teamster, High. 
" Adda, wife. 
" Plummer, teamster. 
Diodato, Panenzi, R. R. laborer, b Joe Ross, Clover. 
Divart, Albert, bartender, Bar House. 
Doak, B. F., sawver, Pearl. 
" Elizabeth F., wife. 
" Charles T. , bartender. 
Doak, Robert E., clerk, High. 
" Peria A., wife. 
" Barbara H. 






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Dominic, Frank, R. R. laborer, b Joe Ross, Clover. 

Donahey, Algernon, nigr. Thompson distillery, b Barr 

House. 
Donaldson, G. Presley, engineer. Water. 
" Margaret E., wife. 

" Katherine R. 

" James P. 

Donaldson, Eliza F., widow. Second. 
Doolittle, Hamilton, lineman, Bell tel.. Second. 
Doriguzzi, John, miner, Mill Road. 
" Anna, wife. 

" George. 

Douglass, Archie W., contracting carpenter. Second. 
" Lizzie B., wife. 
" MarvL., school. 
Helen P., school. 
Douglass, William, retired, b A. W. Douglass. 
Drake, Henry, shoemaker. High. 

" Amanda, wife. 
Drokem, William, contractor, New Town. 
Drotos, Mary, servant, Dr. Henry Eastman, Second. 
Dusenberv, Spencer H., distiller, Second. 
" Mary, wife. 

Mvrtle L. 
Lena P. 
William T. 
Chariie E. 
" S. Howard. 

M. Alice. 
Dusenberry, Josiah, invalid. Mill Road. 
Sarah J., wife. 
" William S., engineer. 

Edith A. 
" Josiah, Jr., school. 

Mary E. 
Dwyre. Clara B., b Mrs. Shoemaker, Coal Road. 
Eastman, Henry, physician, Second. 



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Eastman, Evelyn Gates, wife. 
Eckles, John, blacksmith striker. High and Mill. 
Edel, George J., mgr. brewery, Water. 
" Euphenia, wife. 
" George H. 
Edison, Frank, miner. Race. 
" Annie, wife. 
" Wenner. 
Edmiston, William, R. R. ticket clerk, High. 

" Eva, wife. 

Edwards, William, blacksmith, New Town. 
Edwards, Pinkney (col.), laborer, b Frank Arnett, 

Second. 
Edwards, John, laborer, Cemeter}' Road. 

" Nancy, wife. 

Ellsworth, E. J., civil engineer, b Bar House. 
Engle, James M., bookkeeper, b E. Morrison, Prospect. 

Emma E., wife. 
Enslev, Barton J., miller. Water. 

" Eva J., wife. 
Everlv, Madison J., carpenter, Green Lane. 
'' Minnie G., wife. 
" Emma E. 
Helen. 
Everly, Emma, b J. H. Hall, Cemetery Road. 
Fairfax, Mary J. (col.), widow. High. 

" Catharine. 
Farson, John L., mgr. Val. Sup. store, High. 
.Happie Z., wife. 
" John P., college student. 
" Laura L., school. 

Myrtle B., school. 
" Lena L. 
Helen G. 
Matthew A. 
Fear, George E., merchant, Water. 

" Anna E., wife. 
Fenwick, Joseph, miner. Second. 



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Florence, Josephine. 
Marv. 
Mabel. 
Florence, Ray (col.), b Dora Willis, Clover. 
Ford, Robert (col.), tunnel worker. High. 
" Rosa, wife. 
" Helen. 
Fortney, Philip E., frt. brakeman, Second. 
" Lizzie E., wife. 
" lona V. 
Fostina, Mastro, housekeeper. Clover. 
Fox, Arnetta M. (col.), b Mrs. Mossett, High and Angle. 
Freeman, Harry (col.), restaurant. High. 
" Annie, wife. 

Odeal. 
" Nadine. 

Fynes, John R., miner, Second. 
" Elizabeth, wife. 
" Martha A. 
" John R., Jr. 
Elizabeth E. 
" Olive B. 
James D. 
" James, miner. 
" Howard. 
Gabler, Annie, b Margaret Conley, Prospect. 
Gaines, Eugene (col.), laborer. Cemetery Road. 
Mary 0., wife. 
" William K. 
" Olive. 
" Mary. 
Gaines, Kennedy (col.), laborer, b Dora Willis, Clover. 
Gallagher, Samuel, laborer. Clover. 
" Florence, wife. 

Helen. 
Walter. 
Galloway, Clyde, druggist, b Bar "House. 






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Gamble, Robert, mining engr., b Mrs. Joshua Speer, 

Prospect. 
Gardner, Daniel, miner, New Town. 
" Ina, wife. 

Richard. 
Pearl. 
Garrette, W. S., superintendent, High. 

M. P., wife. 
Garwood, Charles S., carpenter. High. 
" Florence H., wife. 

Mildred E. 
Garwood, John, carpenter. Clover. 
Garwood, William G., laborer. 
Ada, wife. 
Frank. 
Emil. 
Gaskill, George S., blacksmith. Mill. 

" Emma F., w^ife. 
Gaskill, Sarah, widow. Water. 

Gaskill, Madeline, domestic, Mr. Cross, New Town. 
Geber, Steve, miner, b Steve Moskaska, Clover. 
Ghrist, Sara, dressmaker, Second. 
Gibbons, Sarah L., widow, High. 
Gilbride, Gim, laborer, b Chris Cock, Second. 
Gillie, Robert, mine boss. Water. 
" Annie, wife. 
" Ernest, school. 
" Ruth. 
" Susan, school. 
" Annie. 
" Howard. 
Gilligan, Robert, carpenter. New Town. 
" Louella, wife. 
" Margaret. 
Goe, Myrtle A., servant, John L. Farson, High. 
Golden, Rebecca (col.), domestic, Ross Rathmell. 
Goldstein, Louis, merchant. Prospect. 
'' Dinnie, ■vrife. 



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Goldstein, Joe. 
" Frank. 

Ober. 
Gonibar, Steve, miner, High. 
" Annie, wife. 
Orbv. 
Thomas. 
Steve, Jr. 
Goodwin, John E., R. R. brakeman, High. 
Gordon, Mr., insurance agt., b Jas. J. League, Arch. 
Gould, Harry, watchman, b S. Minehart, Bank. 
Graef, Edward, barber, b W. T. Daugherty, Water. 
Graham, Patrick, teamster, b John Harding, Second. 
Graham, Robert, druggist, High. 

"■ Charles R., druggist. 
Gray, Joseph S., brakeman, P. V. & C, b R. Buffing- 
ton, Water. 
Gray, James H., groceryman, Second. 
" Hattie, wife. 
" Edna J. 
Gray, Joseph S., laborer. Coal Road. 
J. Alice, wife. 
" LeliaM., school. 
" Joseph M. 
" Nellie E. 
Green, Ida E., domestic, Geo. W. Edel, Water. 
Green, J. C, cooper. Grant. 
" Charity, wife. 
" Harry M., barber. 
Green, Florence L., Grant. 
Green, Matilda (col.), widow. Second. 
Gregg, Ira M., veterinary, Second. 
Jane, wife. 
" Edward A., school. 
" Bertha M., school. 
" Ralph B., school. 
Cribble, John W., barber, High. 
" LulaS.,wife. 




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Grib])le, Louis H. 

Gribl)le, John, retired, High. 

Malinda, wife. 
Gribble, E. Baird, steamboat captain, Second. 
" Sophia S., wife. 
" Elizabeth D., school. 
" Eleanor M., school. 
Sophia W. 
Griggs, H. H., carpenter. Prospect. 

" Eliza J., wife. 
Grooms, Charles E., laundryman. Water. 

Emma R., wife. 
Gue, George W., painter. Green Lane. 
" Isabela, wife. 
" John A. 
" Mamie G. 
" Mary G. 
" Albert C. 
Gue, William, laborer, b William Devault, High. 
Guesman, Gary, laborer. Second. 
" Esther, wife. 

" Riley, laborer. 

" Howard, school. 

" Lawrence. 

Ethel. 
Guesman, Selena, domestic, Chris. Cock, Second. 
Hackett, George (col.), laborer, Hill. 
" Mary, wife. 
" James, laborer. 
" Elmer, miner. 

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" Georgia. 
" Lottie. 
Henrv. 
" . McKinley. 
" Lincoln. 
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Hadden, H. B., clerk, b W. S. Garrett, High. 

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Hakin, William, miner, Second. 
" Martha, wife. 
" George. 
Hall, George G., retired, Cemetery Road. 

" Emiline, wife. 
Hall, George W., Insp. Port Pittsburg, Cemetery Road. 
" Mary, wife. 
" Ethel. 
Hamilton, Clarence, R. R. brakeman. High. 

Ella, wife. 
Hamilton, Lucinda, widow. Second. 
Hamilton, Elizabeth J. (col.), widow. High. 
" Charles T., carpet cleaner. 

" Alfred J. , carpet cleaner. 

Hanger, Henry, laborer. New Town. 
" Jennie, wife. 
" Lawrence, school. 
" Jenevive, school. 
Hann, Thomas D., supt. Gas and Water Co., High. 
" Cora E., wife. 
" Virginia, school. 
" Helen E. 
" Thomas D., Jr. 
Harden, Thomas, miner. Second. 
" Emma, wife. 
Freddie. 
Ohve. 
" Louie. 
Harford, James H., baggage master, Blaine. 
Olive, wife. 
Roy. 
Harmon, Charles R., minister C. P. church, High. 
" Mrs. Charles R., wife. 
" Ruth, school. 
Harris, Charles, carpenter, b Chris. Cock. 
Harshman, John A., teamster, Coal Road. 
" Bessie D., wife. 

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Finlev Z., wife. 
" Melissa M., school. 
" J. Percy, Jr. 
Hart, David M., justice of peace, Hit^h. 
" Sarah M., wife. 
" Kenneth M., R. R. emi)loye. 
" James G., R. R. employe. 
" Isabel, school. 
" Lawrence W., clerk. 
" Wilgus, school. 

David M., Jr., school. 
Hart, Wallace A., glass worker. High. 
Martha J., wife. 
" Margaret. 
Haught, William A., tobacconist. Second. 

" Mary A., wife. 
Hawkins, Charles (col.), hotel emp., b Leveine Cain. 
Hawkins, Edward H., laborer. Clover. 
MarvF.,wife. 
Delia I. 
" Mary A. 

Edgar H. 
Hawkins, Mr., mining engr., b Mrs. Joshua Spears, 

Prospect. 
Hawslinger, Chas., cooper, b L. E. Smith, Prospect. 
Haylor, E. E., structural iron worker, r Sarah Grist, 

Second. 
Hedley, John, laborer, b H. Windrow, Coal Road. 
Henshaw, Frank P., farmer. Second. 
" Hadclie G., wife. 

Martha J. 
Louis P. 
Herbertson, William H., mfg.. Water. 

" Margaret D., wife. 

Herbertson, James R., bookkeeper. Arch. 

" Sarah P., wife. 

Herbertson, John M., machinist, Second. 



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Herbertson, J. William. 
Elizabeth. 
Herbertson, George S., mfg., Second. 
" Sarah, wife. 

Edgar J. 
Herskovitz, Ignatz, merchant, High. 
" Regena, wife. 

Harry. 
" Herman. 

" Abraham. 

Herst, Julia, b Jas. Leamon, Water. 
Hess, W. D., brakeman. Second. 

" Emma, wife, 
Higgins, James B., miner. Prospect. 
" Louisa K., wife. 
" J. Bertie, school. 
" Sheridan, school. 
" N. May, school. 
Archie. 
High, Julius (col.), porter. Bar House. • 
Higinbotham, James C, lumber dealer. Water. 
" Katherine B., wife. 

" J. Colvin, school. 

" Margaret K. 

" Louisa C. 

Katherine M. 
Higinbotham, U. Frank, farmer, Prospect. 
" Emma V., wife. 

Ethel M. 
" Margaret T., school. 

Hill, John, school. New Town. 

Hill, Francis, mining engr., b Mrs. Joshua Speer, Pros- 
pect. 
Hilton, Eli (col.), porter. High. 
" Marv A., wife. 
Clarence D. 
Hilton, John H. (col.), teamster, Second. 
" Louisa, wife. 



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Hilton, Blanche. 
Alice. 
" Louis. 
Hinton, Conelius (col.), janitor, b Rev. R. H. Bumry, 
Hill. 
" Harriett S., wife. 
Hockman, G. W., laborer, b Mary Anderson, High. 
Holland, Tony (col.), miner, b Wm. Prunty, Water. 
Holley, Thomas (col.), laborer, b Dave Willis, Clover. 
Honesty, John (col.), laborer, bet. Wall and Broad. 
'' Ida, wife. 

" Lawrence N., laborer. 

" Ruthener M., servant. 

" John, Jr., school. 

Robert M., school. 
Honesty, Belle (col.), school, b John Alexander, High. 

" Oliver. 

Honesty, Margaret (col.), widow. High. 
" Herbert, laborer^ 

" Martha, servant. 

Honesty, Louisa, b Levina Cain, Hill. 
Hoover, James, invalid, b Samuel Smith, Second. 
Hoover, F. S., physician. High. 
Hormell, H. H., merchant. Union. 

Minerva H., wife. 
Hornbake, Herburt, druggist, b Chas. Kisinger, Pros- 
pect. 
Hulbert, John, electrician. New Town. 
Hurford, Maria J., widow. Prospect. 
Hurst, George W., painter, Second. 
Nettie. w4fe. 
" Julia. 
" Elizabeth. 
" Adelia. 
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" Georgia. 
" Nannie. 
Huskins, Mr., saddler, b S. H. Minehart, Bank. 



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Hutlis, Martin, coal miner, Second. 
Mary, wife. 
" Martin, Jr. 
Mary. 
John. 
Inghram, Lulu I., servant, A. M. Sargent, Prospect, 
j Ingland, Wm., machinist. High. 
" George, engineer. 
Ingram, Bertha, domestic, Eli Leonard, High. 
Irwin, Samuel R., school, b B. J. Enslev, Water. 

" Howard H. 
Jameson, Robert, telegraph lineman, High. 
Ella M., wife. 
" Leta. 
Jeffries, T. A., real estate dealer. Second. 
" Emma, wife. 
Helen. 

Thomas A., Jr. 
" Margaret. 
" Joseph. 
" John B. 
Jeffries, Zetus L., watchman, Second. 
" Sarah E., wife. 
" Charles L., laborer. 
" J. Robert, laborer. 
Jeffries, John, clerk, r C. J. Miller, Second. 
John, William L., laborer, Second. 
" Elizabeth A., wife. 
" William P., telegrapher. 
" Mattie, stenographer. 
" Phillip C. 
Johns, Martha, widow. Hill. 
" Wallace. 
" Leola. 
Johns, William (col.), laborer. Prospect. 

" Julia, wife. 
Johns, Martha, widow, Pearl. 
" Ray, carpenter. 



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rj ^ " William. 

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(Q / " Cora M., wife. 

'OO " OrphaM., school. 

W) 2 '' Mary F., school. 

■ " Thomas E. 

Johns, Horace G. (col.), servant, Hill. 
" Lucy A., wife. 

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Johnson, Andrew (col.), hod carrier, b John B. Alex- 
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Johnson, Edward, miner, b Alice Bowman, Cemetery 
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^^ Johnson, James, laborer, b Alice Bowman, Cemetery 

'^^ Road. 

^^ Johnson, Robert B., engineer. Water. 

^^B " Jennie M., wife. 

AH Wilbur D. 

v.^ Johnston, Oscar, miner, b Frank Edison, Race. 

E Johnston, Louis E., R. R. engineer. Second. 

Myrtle, wife. 
Johnston, Lon, stone mason, b Frank Carrion, Second. 
Johnston, W. H., merchant. Prospect. 
Margaret, wife. 
^gg0 JoUiff, Brice, painter, M. R. R., Prospect. 

^^aT '■ Mary, wife. 

" " Fallie, school. 

^^ " George, school. 

^" " Martha. 

" Thelma. 
Jones, Mrs. E. J., widow, Second. 
" George W. 
" Elizabeth J. 
Jones, Olevia (col.), widow. High. 
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Jones, RaA'man H. 
" Seward G. 
" Campbell S., school. 
" Bertha E., school. 
Jones, Thomas, miner. New Town. 
" Ada, wife. 
" Thomas, Jr. 
" Jennie. 
Jones, D. E., miner. New Town. 
" Sarah, wife. 
" Noel, school. 
" Mildred, school. 
" Hugh, school. 
" Caroline, school. 
" James. 

Israel (col.), teamster, Cemetery Road. 

M. Louise, wife. 

Albert R., miner. 

Moses H., teamster. 

Preston. 

Victor, invalid, Prospect. 

, WiUiam F., jeweler. Water. 

Clara Swan, wife. 
Frank, laborer, b A. E. Markley, Second. 
, W. D., labor boss, New Town. 
" Susie, wife. 
" Carrie, school. 
" Henry, school. 
" John, school. 
" Ira, school. 
" Annie. 
Alice. 
Keifer, Charles W., fireman, New Town. 
" Minerva, wife. 

Alvie C, school. 
" John D., school. 
Keller, Frank, contractor, b Bar House. 
Kelley, C. N., R. R. engineer, Grant. 



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Kellev, Marv W., wife. 

" ' Theima. 
Kellev, Martha C, b W. A. Coburn, Prospect. 
Kelley, G. W., laborer, b Mary Anderson, High. 
Kendall, Harry, carpenter, b Ed Taylor, Second, 
Kennedy, Joseph, miner. New Town. 
" Elizabeth, wife. 

" Josephine. 

Isabel. 
Kennedy, Robert (col.), laborer, Hill. 

Doretta, wife. 
Kenney, C. L., civil engineer. Angle. 
Margaret B., wife. 
" Clarissa. 
Kenney, Richard, miner, Second. 
'' Katie, wife. 
" Verner. 
" Bessie. 
Thomas. 
Richard, Jr. 
" Jonnie. 
Kettle, Wm., blacksmith, b Gary Guseman, Second. 
Killday, Henry, tailcr, b John Harding, Second. 
Kimmel, John, carpenter, b Vernon's, High. 
King, Rebecca (col.), Hill. 
King, J. W., laborer, b Mary xA.nderson, High. 
Kirk, John, R. R. carpenter, Prospect. 
" Georgeanna, wife. 
" George B., school. 
" Freda B., school. 
" Harold D., school. 
Kisinger, Chas. E., gas fitter. Prospect. 
" Elizabeth A., wife. 

William P., laborer. 
" Maud H., stenographer. 

C. Edgar. 
" Ella v., school. 

Kisner, S. Smith, fireman, High. 



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Kisner, Annie L., wife. 
Ethel M. 
" Lizzie M., school. 
" William S., printer. 
" Elsie M., school. 
" Effie B., school. 
" Sara L., school. 
" Elmer L., school. 
Mabel A. 
Kissell, Kenneth K., carpenter, New Town. 
Kissell, William, carpenter, Grant. 
Kissell, Roy, boss carpenter, b Chas. E. Kisinger, 

Prospect. 
Knight, John W., retired, b William Roberts, Second. 

" Sarah M., wife. 
Kotko, John, miner. Coal Road. 
" Lizzie, wife. 
" Dora. 
" Lizzie. 
Kotko, Joe, miner, b John Kotko, Coal Road. 
Krepps, Solomon G., Jr., liveryman. Water. 
" Byrde, wife. 
Ada. 
Krepps, Harriett C, widow. Water. 
Krepps, Solomon G., Sr., postmaster. 

" Margaret M., wife, asst. postmaster. 
Labin, John, laborer. Green Lane. 
" Elizabeth A., wife. 

Margaret A. 
" Marv H. 
" William J. 
" John T. 
" Dorotha J. 
" Sarah. 
" Carrol. 
LaBold, Cornelia, domestic. New Town. 
Lamon, Robert H. (col.), pit driver. Cemetery Road. 
Lancaster, Joseph (col.), miner, Cemetery Road. 



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James II. 
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Lancaster, Owen (col.), miner, Clover. 
" Gertrude, wife. 

Joseph M. 
Landy, Frank, miner, b Frank Moskosky, Clover. 
Latimer, Harry, clerk, b Elma Swan, Prospect. 
Laughrey, Samuel W., fireman, Water. 
Margaret S., wife. 
" Lid a L., school. 

Nannie E. 
Lay ton, Wm., meat market, b Mary J. Crawford, Second. 
Lazier, Walter E., clerk at Bar House. 
Leadbeater, Luke B., promoter, High. 

" Lina S., wife. 

League, Thomas A., carpenter, Clover. 
Nettie B., wife. 
W. Dewayne. 
" Anna J. 
League, Sarah, b John Allison, Angle. 
League, Carl, b John Allison, Angle. 
League, Noah, carpenter, alley bet. Wall and Broad. 
" Martha, wife. 
" Fannie C, school. 

" Lizzie, school. , 

" Charlotte, school. 
League, James H., carj)enter. Arch. 

Dora, wife. 
League, Daniel M., contracting carpenter. Grant. 
Elizabeth M., wife. 
Russell F., school. 
Leamon, James M., wagon maker. Water. 
" Julia, wife. 
" Nan, cashier. 



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Leamon, Forest. 

Leonard, John E., steamboat captain, Bank. 
Mary A., wife. 
Eli P., mate. - 
" Helen G., school. 

Sarah T. 
Leonard, Eli, contractor, High. 

" Mamie O. 

Levingston, Ella, widow. Second. 
" Howard J., laborer. 

" Julia, telephone operator. 

Wallace A. 
Ella. 
Sarah. 
" Austin. 

Edith. 
Nina J. 
Levy, William, merchant. High. 
" Nellie, wife. 
" Jessie. 
" Dorotha. 
" Bennie. 
" Julius. 
Levy, Morris, drv goods merchant. Water. 
" Belle, wife. 
" Mabel, school. 
" Ira S. 
Levy, Harry, clerk, b Morris Levy, Water. 
Lewis, Albert, laborer, New Town. 
Lewis, Stella, b E. Chamberlain, Pro.spect. 

'' Sarah Catherine. 
Lilley, Dr. Wilbur M., b Bar House. 
Lindsav, James A., contractor. Prospect. 
" ' Martha J., wife. 
" Effie B., school-teacher. 
Lindy, John S., street com.. Green Lane. 
'' Catherine, wife. 
" William W., carpenter. 




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Mary S., storekeeper. 
Linn, Jchn B., laborer, Second. 
Linn, Harrison, check weighnian, Seconal. 
" Rachel, wife. 
" William M., clerk. 
Lipovsky, Barbara, domestic, J. C. Majerchak, Union. 
Lockhart, Alexander D., gardner, b Mrs. G. B. Shelton, 

Light Lane. 
Lockridge, Robert L., clerk, Prosj^ect. 
Cora, wife. 
Ethel J. 
Russell G. 
Ruth C. 
Logan, Patrick E., watchman, b Minehart, Bank. 
Long, R. W., teamster. New Town. 
" Lizzie, wife. 
Hesther. 
Long, A. J., electrician, b Penn. Hotel. 
Louis, Pete, miner, b Jos. Baggi, Coal Road. 
Lowenstein, Lee, store mgr., b Wm. Levey, High. 
Lowstutter, Mr., ins. agt., b Jas. H. League, Arch. 
Lucas, Anna M., housekeeper, R. C. Rogers, Bank. 
Lutes, Elgie, R. R. employe. High. 
" Ella M., wife. 

Clifton W., R. R. watchman. 
•• Ralph. 
Lynch, Henry, laborer, b J. H. Alexander, High. 
Lynch, Truman, carpenter, b Mr. McGee, Second. 
Magee, F. L., contractor, Second. 
" Margaret, wife. 
Florence B. 
Delia. 
" Lee. 

Mazie. 
" Charles E. 
" Grace. 
Majerchak, J. C, banker. Union. 



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Majerchak, Bertha, wife. 
" Bertha. 

" Joseph. 

" Frank, clerk, b J. C. Majerchak, Union. 

Malarka, Mr., contracting plasterer, b F. J. Orr, Water. 
Malone, Mary, b R. L. Aubrey, Prospect. 
Manning, James L. (col.), miner, Angle. 
Lizzie M., wife. 
" Miles, laborer. 

" Annie U. 

Ellen. 
Bolden. 
Delia. 
Ora. 
" Joseph A. 

" James, Jr. 
Sherley. 
Marinelle, Luigi, shoemaker, Water. 
" Laura, wife. 

" Christina. 

" Marv, school. 
" Alfred, school. 

" Frank, school. 

Rose. 
Markle3% A. E., emp. Water AVorks, Second. 
'' RebaL.,wife. 

CHffordE. 
" George A. 
Marshall, Harry, real estate and merchant. High. 
" Emily S., wife. 

" Jane, school. 
" Henry, school. 

William. 
Harold. 
Martin, Catherine, widow. Water. 
" Oliver K., carpenter. 
" Mary W., school-teacher. 
" Anna W., bookkeeper. 



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McCann, Cyrel J., civil engineer, b Mrs. C. N. Ammon, 

Water. 
McCann, Howard, teamster. New Town. 
McCarthy, Robt. (col.), miner, b Sara E. Workman, 

Second. 
McChale, Michael, carpenter. New Town. 
" Angle, wife. 

" Lilian A., school. 
" Marie A., school. 
Hazel L. 
McClair, A. E., structal iron worker, r Sarah Christ, 

Second. 
McClelland, Levi (col.), kiborer. Cemetery Road. 
" Luvena, wife. 

" Anna M., school. 

McClung, civil engineer, b Penn Hotel. 
McCullough, Joseph (col.), hod carrier, b John H. 

Alexander, High. 
McCullough, Edward, R. R. engineer. Second. 
" Mrs. Edward, wile. 

" Edward, Jr. 

Earl. 
Roy. 
McCune, Margaret A., widow, High. 

" Jessie B . 
McDermott, John, laborer, b Tom Harden, Second. 
McDonough, Adam, clerk, b N. G. Craft, Second. 
McEllese, Rose, milliner, b J. Cavenaugh, Green Lane. 
McFadden, F. T., laborer, b A. E. Markley, Second. 
McGarvey, William, laborer. Water. 
" Maggie, wife. 

Annie M. 
Willie J. 
Mcintosh, Howard H., eng. brewery, Coal Road. 
Sarah E., wife. 
Myrtle S. 
Mildred F. 
Mcintosh, Joseph, retired. Coal Road. 



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" Joseph, school. 


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Mcintosh, M. Luther, fireman. Coal Road. 


" Jessie, wife. 


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" Mary, wife. 




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McQueen, W. L., structural iron worker, r Sarah 

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McQuiston, Ella M. (col.), b Jones Simpson, Hill. 


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Miles, John v., laborer. 

" George H., newsboy. 
Miller, Oliver, retired inerchant, Mill. 

" Anna, wife. 
Miller, Joseph D., carpenter, Water. 

" CallieL., wife. 
Miller, Caleb J., merchant, Second. 
" Hannah M., wife. 
" S. Clyde, clerk. 
" Edna M., college. 
Miller, Melissa, widow, b C. J. Miller, Second. 
Miller, Calvin H., minister, Union. 
Mary M., wife. 
" Dora I., school-teacher. 
" Charles S., school. 
Miller, Mrs. James, widow, Second. 
Miller, Joe, carpenter, b F. L. McGee, Second. 
Miller, James, carpenter, b F. Carreon, Second. 
Milliken, Mary H., widow. Second. 
" Nellie E., stenographer. 
" William H., civil engineer. 
" Louise H., school. 
Milliken, Fred C, manager. Prospect. 
" Ethel, wife. 
" Fredrick C, Jr. 
MilHon, Borrow (col.), fireman, b Dave Willis, Clover. 
Mills, Geo. A., laborer, b Mary Anderson, High. 
Minehart, Frank A., surveyor. High. 

" Carrie G., wife. 

Minehart, Samuel H., mgr. store. Bank. 
" Kate D., wife, storekeeper. 

" Holmes B., school. 

" George W., school. 

" William D., school. 

Minnie, Joe (col.), miner, b Geo. Hackett, Hill Road. 
Minor, John, laborer. Cemetery Road. 
" Louis, wife. 
" John W. , teamster. 



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Daisy, wife. 
" Louise. 
Mitchell, M. C, restaurant keeper, High. 
" Alice J., wife. 
" Robert C, waiter. 
" William C, laundryman. 
" Rav K., college student. 

OllieW., school. 
" Russell M., school. 
M.CJr. 
Alice J. 
Mitchell, Joseph, painter, Mill. 
" Catherine, wife. 
Eva. 

Mildred M. 
" James, retired. 
Moffitt, Albert C, R. R. conductor, Second. 
" Lulu D., wife. 
" W. Durbin, school. 
Moffitt, Virginia, b S. G. Krepps, Sr., Water. 
Moffitt, Ella, b S. G. Krepps, Sr., Water. 
Molton, Maud, domestic, L. C. Kenny, Angle. 
Moore, George L., merchant. High. 
Emily F., wife. 
" Charles L., civil engineer. 
EHshaB., school. 
Moore, Carl F., clerk. High. 

May, wife. 
Moore, Guy, clerk. High. 
" Etta, wife. 
Ellen. 
Moorehouse, Rosa S., b Jas. Stewart, Pearl. 
Moorehouse, Edw. L., justice, High. 
Moriwick, Louis, miner, b Geo. Mattes, Second. 
Morrison, Ethington, engineer, Prospect. 

" Elizabeth, wife. 

Morrock, Mike, miner, New^ Town. 



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Morrock, Annie, wife. 
Moskosky, Frank, miner, Clover. 
" Julia, wife. 

Maggie. 
Mossett, Louisa (col.) widow. High and Angle. 
Lorena A. 
" Georgia E. B. 
Mossett, Henry W. (col.), laborer, High. 
Annie J., wife. 
" Oliver N., drug clerk. 
" William S., laborer. 
Mountsier, C. J., laborer. Second. 
Maggie, wife. 
Harriett. 
Mull, Louis, miner. High. 
" Haddie v., wife. 
" Frank. 
" Louis. 
Murphy, Robert, plasterer, Water. 
Murphy, John, plasterer, b John C. Springer. 
Murry, Geo. (col.), laborer, b V. Still, Green Lane. 
Neal, Francis, miner, b H. Windrow, Coal Road. 
Neal, Harris, miner, b H. Windrow, Coal Road. 
Neal, M. H., engineer. New Town. 
Rosa, wife. 
" Hazel. 
" Esther. 
Nessell, J. B., com. agt., P. & L. E. R. R., b Penn'a 

Hotel. 
Newinan, G. Henry, engineer, Water. 
Bertha D., wife. 
" S. Margaret. 

John H. 
Nimon, William C, machinist. Water. 

Elizabeth J., wife. 
Nissleton, Louis, b William Levy, High. 
Noble, Linsey, carpenter, High. 
Nutt, Louisa, b Nancy M. Peirsel, High. 



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Miranda D., wife. 
" Helen M., school. 

" Mary 1., school. 

" Louis B., school. 

" Florence J., school. 

Eliza F. 
" Annie M. 

Mildred A. 
O'Hara, William, barber, b W. T. Daugherty, Water. 
Oliver, Jennie M., b John W. Cock, High. 
Ontolege, Mike, miner, b Geo. Mattes, Second. 
O'Riley, Charles, bricklayer, b Ceph Crawford, Water. 
Orr, Frank J., cooper, Water. 
" Harriett, wife. 
" Margerie W., school. 
" Robert S., school. 
Orr, J. K., civil engineer, b S. G. Krepps, Sr., Water. 
Palmer, W. L., stationary engineer. New Town. 
Elva, wife. 
" Pauline. 
Patterson, George (col.), porter, alley, bet. Wall and 
Broad. 
" Georgeanna, wife. 

" Charley, clerk. 

" Perrv, school. 

" Mirtie, school. 

" Bessie. 

Harry. 
Patterson, Wm. (col.), miner, b John H. Alexander, 

High. 
Patton, J. H., revenue man, b S. B. Krepps, ]r.,W ater. 
Patton, T. Howard, dentist. Water. 
" Amelia, wife. 
" Catherine. 
Pauch. Frank A., mer. tailor. Second. 
Pavne, Vernon (col.), miner, b Sarah E. Workman, 
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Pearl, David, barber, Prospect. 
Pearsall, Joseph H., weighmaster, Prospect, 
" Kate, wife. 

Harry, clerk R. R. office. 
" Florence E., school. 
" Lydia, school. 
" Katherine. 
Pearsall, Martha, widow. Water. 
Walter T., bookkeeper. 
" D. Bert, college sttident. 

Daisy M. 
" Elzy, college student. 
" Hazel E., school. 
Pearsall, Daniel H., coal merchant, Pearl. 
" Matilda, wife. 
Minnie N. 
Pearson, Isaac (col.), laborer, b V. Still, Green Lane. 

Mary, wife. 
Peirsel, Nancy M., widow. High. 
Peirsel, Jennie, b N. M. Peirsel. 
Percy, James W., miner, Grant. 
" Mary A., wife. 
" M. Ida. 
Percy, Robert, laborer. Grant. 

Matilda, wife. 
Percy, Michael, shipping clerk. Grant. 
Margaret M., wife. 
" RuthN. 
Perry, Albert J., cigar maker, Clover. 
" Ella ]"., wife. 
" Albert W. 
Perry, Walter A., traveling salesman. High 
" Maggie J., w^fe. 
" Eunice E., school. 
" MaudvS. J., school. 
" Mary D., school. 
Peyton, Ann (col.), widow. Clover. 
" Lillie J., servant. 



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Loyd. 
Pevton, WilHam (col.), cook.b Eli Hilton, High. 
Pevton, Charles, laborer. High. 
Mary, wife. 
" Russell, clerk. 
SudieM. 
Phillips, C. P., chief clerk. Union Station, Second. 

MattieE. 
Pierce, McClelland, employe flour mill, High. 
" ; Lucretia, wife. 
" Blanche. 
" Elgie C, school. 
" Ruth, school. 
Pierce, John, engineer, Coal Road. 
" Maggie, invalid. 
" Luther, R. R. tireman. 
Pierce, John, boss R. R., Bank. 

Pinrod, Henry, teamster, b John Harding, New Town. 
Poindexter, Harriett (col.) servant, Mary Woods, 

Prospect. 
Pollock, William, foreman. New Town. 
Mary, wife. 
" Ralph, school. 
'' Henry, school. 
Porter, Emma, seamstress, b Mary J. Crawford, 

Second. 
Porter, Caroline K., clerk, b Robert Buffington, 

Water. 
Povey, Joseph, miner, b Frank Moskosky, Clover. 
Powers, Thomas, boss stone mason, b S. H. Minehart, 

Bank. 
Price, William, structural iron worker, r Sarah Ghrist, 

Second. 
Price, Thomas, laborer, b Tom Hardin, Second. 
Pringle, Simon P., carpenter, R. R., High. 
Maggie M., wife. 
Dixon C.W., school. 



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Pringle, Chris S., agt. Union Station, Arch. 

" EHzabeth, wife. 
Pringle, Arthur, clerk, Water. 

" Gertrude, wife. 

" Howard. 
Prunty, William (col.), laborer, AVater. 

" Julia, wife. 

" William, Jr., miner. 

" Harry, school. 
Pyle, Eliza J., widow. Coal Road. 
Ragar, Caroline, domestic, Harriett C. Krepps, Water. 
Ramage, Wilber M., laborer. Prospect. 
Hattie, wife. 

'' Almira C. 
Rathmell, A. R., druggist. Second. 

" Gertrude, wife. 

Walter S. 
John R. 
Rathmell, Thomas J., carpenter. Bank. 

" Jennie M., wife. 

" Thomas S. 

" Virginia M. 

" Frank L. 

Rathmell, George M., druggist. Bank. 
Ellen M., wife.' "" 

" A. Elizabeth, school. 
Rathmell, John J., retired, Second. 
Annie M., wife. 
Harvey C, laborer. 
Raynsley, Emma, servant, R. L. Aubrey, Prospect. 
Redman, Ellis A., miner, Clover. 

" Nancy, wife. 

" Clarence R. 

Reed, Mr., postal clerk, r Jas. H. League, Arch. 
Rex, Alexander, laborer. High. 
Reynolds, Louisa, servant, R. E. Doak, High. 
Reynolds, George, miner. High. 

" Jane, wife. 



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" John. 

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Reynolds, Dawson, toll taker, Water. 
" Alice, wife. 
Harry D. 
Reynolds, James, molder, Water. 
" Catherine, wife. 

Juha. 
vSarah H. 
William H. 
" George. 

Rheingans, F. P., engineer, b S. H. Minehart, Bank. 
Rhoades, Louisa, widow, High. 
Richards, Alice, wddow^ Clover. 
Richey, Caroline S., boarding house. Second. 
Rickard, J. E., proprietor Bar House. 
Matid, wife. 
" Pauline. 
" Lenora. 
Ridenour, William, machinist. New Town. 
Hettie E., wife. 
Paul W. 
Ringer, Daniel, laborer, New Town. 
Risbeck, Jas., Propr. Penn Hotel. 
" Laura V., wife. 

John M., druggist, b Penn. Hotel. 
FrankP.S.,b Penn. Hotel. 
" Carl Aston, b Penn. Hotel. 

Ritz, John, clerk. Water. 
" Mrs. John, wife. 
'■ Flarry, school. 
Roberts, Albert M., employe distillery. High. 
" Haddie, wife. 

Flo H.. school. 
" Charlev J., school. 
Grace A. 
Alice M. 



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Roberts, Albert R. 

Roberts, William J., clerk, Second. 

Mary A., wife. 
Roberts, Jasper, stone mason. Second. 

" Viola, wife. 
Robinson, D Fred, druggist, High. 
" Blanche, wife. 

" Hay den D., school. 

" Margery. 

Robinson, Mrs. Carrie (col.), widow, b Samuel Thomas. 
Robinson, James, laborer, b H. Winnard, Coal Road. 
Robinson, Alex, (col.), laborer, Second. 
" Emma, wife. 

'' Harry. 

Robinson, Moses (col.), miner, Second. ^ 

" Sarah, wife. 

"' Carl. 

Lelian. 
Robinson, Owen P. (col.), cook, Clover. 
Harriet, wife. 
Fred, school. 
Roebottom, William, miner, b Frank Mcintosh, Coal 

Road. 
Rogers, Roland C, retired merchant. Bank. 
Ross, Joseph, .R. R. boss. Clover. - 
Rush, Ray. M'g'r pool room, b A.M. Sargent, Prospect. 

Annie M., wife. 
Rvan, James, R. R. engineer. Grant. 
" Eliza, wife. 
" Mildred. 
" Ruth. 
'' Helen. 
Sabin, William, cemetery sexton. Pearl. 
" Sarah, wife. 
" John T., plumber. 
Sargant, William, R. R. fireman. High. 

Nellie M., wife. 
Sargant, A. M., liveryman, Prospect. 



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Sargent, Charles F., R. R. fireman, New Town. 

Alice, wife. 
Sawyer, Charles. K., laborer, Second. 
Lizzie W., wife, dressmaker. 
" Charles C. 
Schmelco, Julie, domestic, Thomas Thompson, Water. 
Schnee, F. E., clerk. Water. 

Elizabeth, wife. 

Robert B. 
Schroder, Charles, b Bar House. 
Schultz, Joe, barber, b W. T. Daugherty, Water. 
Scott, Melissa C, milliner, High. 
Scott, Irvin, R. R. boss, b Mrs. Hamilton, Second. 
Scott, Wm. (col.), laborer, b Alex. Robinson, Second. 
Secrest, Lavina, widow. Hill. 
Secrest, George, fireman. Water. 

Laura B., wife. 



Seese, 



Robert, school. 
Holmes, school. 
Blanche. 

Mollie, domestic, 



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Sestito, James, R. R. laborer, b Joe Ross, Pearl. 
Shaffer, Phoebe, widow. Prospect. 
" Louella, bookkeeper. 
" William, stationary engineer. 
Rella, school. 
Shallenberger, W. Lee, carpenter, Second. 
Pearl E., wife. 
Fredrick L. 
Shallenljerger, Eli F., Gov. storekeeper. Water. 
Anna J., wife. 
" Xora E., dressmaker. 

" Sara A., dressmaker. 

" Louis B., carpenter. 

Shallenberger, Walter, carpenter. Second. 
Jessie, wife. 



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PROVISIONS AND PRODUCE 



widow, b Ed. 



R. R. 



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Shallenberger, Elizabeth, 

Water. 
Shank, Harry, train master, Mon 
" Clara, wife. 
Edna. 
Shanta, John, miner, b Geo. Mattes, Second. 
Sharpneck, Thomas A., furniture dealer, Second 
" Mary L., wife. 

Bertha C. 
" Clarence B., school. 

Sheets, Luther, carpenter, Second. 
" Lyda, wife. 
" Jessie. 
" Alfred. 
" Ella. 
Sheldon, Isaac, miner. Second. 
Elizabeth, wife. 

Mrs. Geo. B., widow. Light Lane. 
" Geo. A., plumber. 
" Reymond L. 
Maggie I. 
Hubert J. 
Shoemaker, Mahala, widow, Coal Road. 
Cora. 
Samuel. 
Lizzie. 
Willie. 
Walter. 
Martha. 
Frank S., R. R. frt. conductor, High. 
" Catherine, wife. 
Margaret. 
Short, DeWitt, barber, Water. 
" Matilda E., wife. 
" Clarence E. 
Shriver, Levi, miller. Union. 
" Matilda W., wife. 
Nellie M. 



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Shriver, William S., clerk. 

" Georgie, wife. 
Shroe, Charles N., clerk, Water. 
Simpson, Wallace (col.). Cemetery Road. 
Annie. 
Harry. 
Simpson, John W. (col.), laborer. Pearl. 
" Sara V., wife. 

" Edward, school. 

" Miller A., school. 

" Wendel R., school. 
Simpson, Gilbert (col.), laborer, b Emma J. Butler 

Cemetery Road. 
Simpson, Gilbert (col.^ 
" Lucv, wife. 

Bertella. 
" Emma. 

Simpson, James M. (col.), barber, b Miss King, Hill. 

" Elizabeth K., wife. 

Sincerney, James R., flagman, Water. 

" Fannie E., wife. 

vSmalladona, Anna, servant, Morris Levey, Water. 
Smalley, Isaac J., painter, r C. J. Miller, Second. 
Smith, John (col.), shaft digger. High. 
" Mary, wife. 
" Roy, teamster. 
Smith, Mr., engineer Peoples Coal Co., b Bar House. 
Smith, Jos. G., conductor. Prospect. 
Sarah, wife. 
Harold E. 
" Margaret C. 
Smith, William, miner, Light Lane. 
Annie, wife. 
" Jennie. 
" Jean. 
" Marie. 
" William G. 
" Thomas R. 



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Smith, Martha, domestic, T. A. Jeffries, Second. 
Smith, Rollev, laborer. Second. 
EHzabeth. 
" Espy. 
" Harrold. 
Cecil W. 
Smith, Alfred C, physician. High. 
" Wavosia H., wife. 
" Arthur B., school. 
Clyde F., school. 
Smith, L. E., blacksmith, Prospect. 
" Jennie M., wife. 
" James C, civil engineer. 
" E. Ray, laborer. 
" Emma P., school. 
" Jessie A., school. 
Smith, Robert W., school, b Jas. H. League, Arch. 
Smith, Samuel, miner, Second. 
" Sally, wife. 
" Helen J., school. 
" James H. 
Smith, W. Atchison, civil engineer, b Mrs. C. N. 

Ammon, Water. 
Smothers, John (col.), laborer, b B. H. Arnett, Clover. 
Smothers, Emma (col.), housekeeper, V. Still, Green 
Lane. 
Clifford. A 
" Schadrach S, 

Meshack D. 
Mildred. 
Snowdon, Nellie, domestic, Ed Taylor, Second. 
Snyder, J. S., principal Bridgeport schools, b Penn'a 

Hotel. 
Sorrell, Thomas A. (col.), shoemaker. High. 
Mary J., wife. 
" Charles, barber. 
" John, laborer. 
" Sheriden. 



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" Edwin, mining engineer. 
Spence, M. B., carpenter, b S. G. Krepps, Water. 
Spence, C. L., carpenter, b S. G. Krepps, Water. 
Springer, Frank, civil engineer, b Peter Syphers, 

Second. 
Springer, John C, laborer. Second. 
'' Agnes, wife. 

" Lawson, clerk. 

Springer, Arch W., paper hanger. Second. 
" Mary A., wife. 

'' Wallace C, school. 

Myrtle G., school. 
" William R., school. 
Nellie F., school. 
Ruth. 
Springer, John M., clerk. Angle. 
Marv, wife. 
Ellen. 
" Anna. 
Paul. 
Charles. 
Sj^ringer, J. O., clerk, Second. 
Lucy, wife. 
" Emma M. 

Springer, George W., merchant. Water. 
" Ellen, wife. 

Fred C, clerk. 
" George, Jr., paper hanger. 

" Bessie. 

Springer, Sara A., widow, Water. 

" J. Miller, tinner. 

Staples, J. Howard, laborer. Light Lane. 
AHceE.,wife. 
Evelyn D. 
" Gertrude C. 
Steele, Samuel S., laborer. Second. 
" Olive M., wife. 



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Steele, Sara E., school. 
" Alice B., school. 
" Jane B., school. 
" Nelson W. 
Stephenson, Robert, miner, High. 
" Matilda. 

" George, miner. 

" James, miner. 

" Andrew. 

" Margaret. 

" Jane. 

Stewart, George A., apprentice, b Vernon's, High. 
Stewart, Robert J., plmnber, High. 
" Margaret E., wife. 

Mamie L. 
" Velma L. 
Stewart, James, retired, Pearl. 
Rose, housekeeper. 
" Fred, harness maker. 
Stewart, Mercia, b W. V. Winans, High. 
Stewart, Frank R., b W. V. Winans, High. 
Stewart, George L., painter, Light Lane. 
Mary E., wife. 
Hazel D. 
Flo. 

Mary A. 
Still, Vincent W. (col.), miner. Green Lane. 
Stivenson, J. Chas., cooper. Second. 
" M. Josephine, wife. 

" Joseph C, school. 

Stokes, Albert (col.), tmmel worker. High. 
Delia, wife. 
" Viola. 
" Raymond. 
Store3^ Sal'lie H., widow. High. 

" Earl. 
Strathers, Fred, bookkeeper, b Sarah Ghrist, Second 
Striblin, William (col.), cook. Water. 




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Striblin, Maud, wife. 




Bernice. 




Strickler, Lee, cook, Hill Road. 




Marv. 




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Strve, Albert, blacksmith, Second. 




" PearlM.,wife. 




Stubbs, Charles W., foreman at brewerv, b Penn 




Hotel. 




Sturgis, meat market, b Mary J. Crawford, Second. 




Sullivan, William J., clerk, Mon. R. R., Water. 




Swager, James, laborer, New Town. 




Lucretia, wife. 




" Olive, school. 




James 0. 




LesHe C. 




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Flovd P., school. 



Swager, Reymond S., laborer. New Town. 
Swager, Charles B., laborer, b Tom Harden, Second. 
Swager, Charles, laborer, b Tom Harden, Second. 
Swan, Mrs. William, widow. Prospect. 

Margaret. 
Swan, Elma, widow. Prospect. 
" Alford F., farmer. 
" Elizabeth P. 
" Susan E. 
" Ruth A. 
Swinelar, H. H., mail clerk. High. 

Lottie, wife. 
Syphers, Peter, stable boss. Second. 

Emma R., wife. 
Sy])hers, William S., mate on l)oat. 
Ella, wife. 
'■ Louisa. 
Taylor, Loudonna, clerk, b J. Percy Hart, Second. 

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PROVISIONS AND PRODUCE 



Taylor, James R., teller National Deposit Bank, 

r Robt. Graham, High. 
Taylor, Edward, life insurance agt., Second. 
" Eliza, wife. 
Alice. 
Taylor, R. W., civil engineer, P. R. R., Second. 
" Sarah, wife. 

Elizabeth. 
" Evelyn. 
Terra, Joseph, R. R. laborer. Pearl. 
Theakston, Frank, jeweler, b Bar House. 
Thomas, Samuel (col.), laborer. High. 

" Margaret, wife. 
Thomas, Mike, miner, New Town. 
Thoinas, Evans, laborer. Second. 
" Bessie, wife. 
" Margaret. 
Thomas, John S., laborer, b Tom Harden, Second. 
Thompson, John, constable, High. 
Sarah E., wife. 
Cora. 
John A., 
Chester F. 
Mary. 
Thompson, H. G., R. R. baggage master, b W. S. 

Garrett, High. 
Thompson, George D., gent., Second. 

Mary E., wife. 
Thompson, Thomas H., retired, Water. 
" Olive D., wife. 

" Samuel J. 

Ruth. 
T. Ross. 
Thompson, Robert W., farmer, b Barr House, Water. 
Thornberg, George, carpenter. Pearl. 
Thornton, Charles A., pop mfg.. Water. 

" Eunice T., wife. 

Thornton, James I., pop mfg.. Grant. 




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Dewayne. 
Mamie. 
Tilghman, Jane (col.), widow. High. 

George, teamster, High. 
Tilghman, B. R. A., cook, b Jas, Black, Second. 
Todd, William, mail clerk, Second. 
" Margaret C, wife. 
" Carrie A. 
" Bracken C. 
" Louise H. 
Tot, John, miner, b Frank Moskosk}^ Clover. 
Troy, R. A., R. R. sec. foreman. Angle. 
" Lizzie, wife. 
" William B. 
" Edward P. 
" Mary L 
Turner, J. H., photographer, b Frank Adams, Water. 
Turrell, W. H. (col.), laborer, b Alex Robinson, 

Second. 
Ulery, Sarah A., servant, Mary Bulger, Bank. 
Underwood, Mrs. E., housekeeper. Race. 
" Rebecca, domestic. 

" Harry, school. 

Elliott, school. 
Robert. 
Vangilder, William K., tailor, r Marx- J. Crawford, 

Second. 
Vaughey, Adam, miner. New Town. 
Vernon, Elizabeth, housekeeper. High. 
" Mary L., housekeeper. 
" Rebecca J. 
Victor, Anna, housekeeper, b Victor Jones, Prospect. 
Vogt, John, baker, Green Lane. 
Josephine, wife. 
" Josephine B. 
" John J 
Volalik, Andy, miner, b Geo. Mattes, Second. 



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Waggoner 



Walker, 



(col.), laborer, b Mrs. Mossett, 
(col.), laborer, b Mrs. Hamilton, 
Arch. 




Vorhes, Charles H., tinner, Water. 

Annie, wife. 
Waggoner, Levi C, contractor. Prospect. 
" Ella A., wife. 

" Leroy C, medical student. 

" Carrie E., college. 

Nellie B., school. 
Thomas A., teller Monongahela Nat. Bank, 

Water. 
Elizabeth, wife. 
Mildred. 
Joseph, coal hauler. Second. 
" Ruth. wife. 
Wallace, William, brakeman. P., V. & C, r Robt. 

Buffington, Water. 
Walters, Delacy, Laborer, Clover. 
" Caroline L., wife. 
William E. 
Albert C. 
Walters, Charles E., carpenter. Cemetery Road. 
" Marv, wife. 
Perie V. 
Warner, George B. 

High. 
Washington, Frank 

Second. 
Watson, Wessie, servant, Chris. vS. Pringle, 
Weston, O. L., bookkeeper. Second. 
" Anna, wife. 
Floral. 
LeliahD. 
Carrol j. 
Frank R. 
Weston, Wilham, stonemason, b 0. L.Weston, Second. 
Whetsall, Stephen A., coal miner. Bank. 
Mary G., wife. 
" Andrew J., miner. 

" Elvin, miner. 



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Whetsall, Louis, school. 

George B., school. 
" John W., school. 

Whetsall, Stephen, invalid, b S. A. Whetsall, Bank. 

" Jane, wife. 

Whetsell, Rella, with Lavina Secrest, Bank. 
Whetzell, Maud, b George Secrest, Water. 
Whoolery, Rol:)ert J., ex])ressman. Bank. 

" Lettie R., wife. 

Wick, William F., miller. Water. 
" Sara E., wife. 
" Charles, laborer. 
" Jessie E., school. 
" Bert S. 
Wilkins, William, miner, b Rob. Stephenson, High. 
Wilkinson, W. H., engineer Mon. Crane No. 1. 
Williams, Frank C, pilot. Second. 
" Bervl A., wife. 

Ada v., school. 
Riley D., school. 
" Frank. 

Williams, Thomas, eng. work train. Second. 
Ida, wife. 
" Francis C, school. 

Novella. 
Williams, Francis M., restaurant, High. 

Mary, wife. 
Willis, Wm., cooper, b Thomas Williams, Second. 
Willis, Pearl, b F. Corwin, Second. 
Wilson, Esther, b Victor Jones, Prospect. 
Wilson, Oliver M., laborer. Race. 

Martha A., wife. 
Wilson, Wesley (col.), porter, Race. 
" Mattie, wife. 
" Emmett, school. 
" Wilbur, school. 
Olive. 
Wilson, Charles, as.st. civil engV, b S. G. Krepps, Water. 




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Wilson, John D., tobacco store, Mill. 

" Annie, wife. 
Wilson, Esther, widow, b John D. Wilson, Mill. 
Wilson, Samuel B., teamster, Grant. 
" Flora, wife. 
" Charles G. 
" Etheline. 
Dearth. 
Wilyard, Katherine, servant, Wm. Burton, Bank. 
Winans, W. V., manager Ph. Hambui-ger Distilling 
Co., High. 
" Sarah L., wife. 
Winnard, Horatio, miner. Coal Road. 
" Annie, wife. 

" William. 

" Emma. 

" George. 

Edith. 
" Annie. 

" Henrietta. 

" Robert. 

" Horatio, Jr. 

" Joseph. 

Winn, Mary J., widow. Second. 
Winn, Wm., b Mary J. Winn, Second. 
Witt, Charles (col.), laborer, Hill. 

" Florence, wife. 
Wolford, George, miller. Coal Road. 
M.Etta, wife. 
Sarah N. 
" Charles, eng. mill. 
Wood, Harry O., millwright. Light Lane. 
" Jane F., wife. 
" Clarence E. 
" Tillie S. 
" Helen. 
" WilhamH. 
" Elmer. 




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^ Jx Wood, Mary G., housekeeper, Prospect. 

^ ^' Wood, Aaron, carpenter. High. 

Woods, Albert B., laborer, b G. P. Donaldson, Water. 

*0C Woodward, Allen, stone mason, Second. 
*Qft r* " Annie, wife. 

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Walter, school. 
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Henrietta, wife. 
" T. Clyde, policeman. 

" Harvey G., barber. 

" Robert P., clerk postoftice. 

" Margaret L. 

Workman, Sara E. (col.), boarding house, Second. 
Worrell, Mrs. E. D., dry goods. Second. 
Wright, Nancy, widow. High. 

" William D., mgr. marble works. 
" Moses B., marble cutter. 
" Nannie, school. 
Wright, Charles D., stonecutter. Water. 
Elizabeth, wife. 
Joseph F. 
Wright, William, laborer, b Ed Taylor, Second. 
Wright, Plavford, school, b John Pierce, Coal Road. 
Wright, John A., marble cutter, Water. 

•' M. Belle, wife. 
Yarsh, Steve, miner. New Tcnvn. 
Yates, John H. (col.), lal)orer, b Jas. Black, Second. 
Yockiskan, James, section hand. Second. 

Sara, wife. 
Yost, John, carpenter, b John Harding, Second. 
Young, Robinson (col.), doctor. Hill. 

" Martha, wife. 
Zever, Joseph, miner, b Frank Moskosky, Clover. 



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Adams, Mrs. Sarah, widow, Main. 

Samuel, engineer. 
Arthur, T. H., miner, b M. J. McCafferty, Main. 
Atkins, Herbert, telegraph operator. Middle. 
Emma B., wife. 
" Athalia. 
" Virginia. 
Aubrey, John, carpenter. Main. 

Anna E., wife. 
Aubrev, Samuel, flagman. Liberty. 

" ' Mabel, wife. 
Axton, Andrew, boat builder, Bridge. 
" Sarah, wife. 
" Thomas A., boat builder. 
EfQe B. 
Axton, M. E., milliner. Main. 

Bailey, Wm., brakeman, b W. H. Cunningham, Main. 
Bair, D. S., lineman. Main. 
Percy W., school. 
" Marcella, school. 
" Eliza, mother, widow. 
Baird, Edward, R. R. engineer. Main. 
" Jane, wife. 
" Harry, R. R. flagman. 
" Ada, wife. 
" Grace, school. 
" Edith, school. 
" Bertha, school. 



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Baird, Raymond, school. 
Bakewell, Chris, retired. Middle. 

" Josephine, wife. 

" Frank S., school. 
Bakewell, Jose])h, bartender. Middle. 

" Nannie, wife. 

" Freda, school. 

" Josephine, school. 

" Ernest. 
Edward. 
Bakewell, Sarah, widow. Water. 

" John L., nigr. of Packet Co. 

" Elizabeth M., school-teacher. 
Baldwin, Chas., freight conductor. Water. 

" Agnes, wife. 

" Chas., Jr., brakeman R. R. 
Baldwin, Annie, Main. 
Baniford, Joseph, R. R. brakeman, Main. 

" Bessie, wife. 

" Raymond A., school. 

Basic, Paul, laborer. Water. 

" Elizabeth, wife. 
Bevard, Thomas, High and Vine. 

" Lettia, wife. 
Helen. 

" John, laborer. 
Alice, schooi. 

" Eva, school. 

" Freda, school. 
Mamie. 
Bevard, Earl, miner. High and \'ine. 
Ella, wife. 
Robert. 
Binns, Mrs. E. C, widow. Main. 
Bolev, Mrs. Belle, widow. Main. 

Booth, Edward, flagman, b Jas. Marker, Sr., Main. 
Brenton, Mrs. Jane, widow, Main. 

" James, R. R. engineer. 



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Brenton, William, butcher. 
" Emily, clerk. 
" Elizabeth. 
Brenton, J. P., butcher, Main. 
" Lena, wife. 
Everett. 
Bessie. 
" Virginia. 
" ' Robert Clavton. 
Brenton, Henry, engineer, Main. 
" Jessie, wife. 
Velma. 
Helen. 

Bright, Clvde vS., flagman, b Mrs. Anna Lopp, Main. 
Sadie, wife. 
Charlotte Ann. 
Britton, Geo., engineer, Main. 
" Nellie, school-teacher. 
" Katherine. 
" Georgia, school-teacher. 
Brock, Geo., constable, b Ella Moffitt, Main. 
Brown, Nellie, b E. B. Miller, Main. 
Brown, Joseph, R. R. employe. Main. 
" Minnie, wife. 
" Clara. 
Brown, baggage master, b Mrs. Dales. 
Brundege, Grant, miner, b Thomas Cross, Main. 
Bucey, John, carpenter, b Sallie McAndrew, Main. 
Byland, Norman, engineer, Main. 
" Virginia, wife. 

Nellie 
" Algernon. 
" Curtis. 
Byland, Rob't, proprietor Atwood Hotel, Bridge. 
Carlson, Mrs. M. C, widow, Main. 

Clifford, school. 
Carmack, Oliver K., storekeeper. Bridge. 
" Cora, wife. 



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Carr, John, foreman, b Sallie McAndrew, Main. 
Caster, William, laborer, b Sarah Adams, Main. 
Chamberlain, Harry, engineer. Main. 
" Lillian, wife. 

Delia. 
Margaret. 
Chew, Miss M. J., Main. 

" R. W., laborer, b M.J. Chew. 
" R. S., bar Lender, b M. J. Chew. 
Clouse, Mrs. M. C, widow. Main. 
Coldren, Edgar, laborer, Main. 

" Kate, wife. 
Combs, J. W^, R. R. fireman, b I. N. Sargent, Main. 
Cork, Blav, fireman, b Jas. Marker, Main. 
Craft, O. B., R. R. brakeman, b T. D. Long, Main. 
Crawford, Allen, blacksmith, b M. E. Axton, Main. 
Cross, Thomas, miner. Main. 
" Francis, wife. 
" Arthur, school. 
" Lloyd, school. 
" Katheryn, school. 
" Margaret, school. 
" Hobart. 
Cunningham, T. H., R. R. engineer, b L N. Sargent, 

Main. 
Cunningham, W. H., shoemaker. Main. 

" Mrs. A., wife. 

Cunningham, Kenneth M., R. R. employe, Main. 
Alice, wife. 
" Margaret. 

Cunningham, O. M., ice dealer. Main. 
Raseanna, wife. 
Rol)ert W. 
" Warren, school. 

Dales, Agnes, widow, Water. 
" Walter R., schooL 



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Water Street*, Bridgeport,. 



GROCERIES 

PROVISIONS AND PRCDUCE 



Dales, HettieM. 

Dehaven, Harry, fireman, b Joe Johnston, Main. 
Dent, Thomas P., engineer. Main. 
" Mrs. E.,wife. 
" Blanche. 
" Virginia, school. 
Doak, R. F., engineer. Main. 
" Annie B., wife. 
" Ellen. 
Donahoe, Wm., engineer, b Norman Bvland, Main. 
Dowler, Nellie, bottler, b J. Bamford, Main. 

James, miner. 
Dowler, J. T., miner, Mam. 
Mrs. E.,wife. 
" James, miner. 

Nellie, clerk. 
" Ethel, school. 
" Verner, school. 
" Russell, school. 
Dwyer, Wilbur, butcher. Water. 
Carrie G., wife. 
" Helen V. 
" Howard S. 
" Ralph. 
Eckles, Chas., bookkeeper. Main. 
" L. J., wife. 
" Fanny, school-teacher. 
" Geo. A., bookkeeper. 
" MissE.L. 
" Samuel, student. 
Edwards, vSamuel, Sr., street commissioner. Main. 
" Martha, wife. 

" Arthur T., miner. 

Ollie, R. R. employe. 
" Herbert, fireman. 

" Levi, R. R. employe. 
Edwards, William, miner, Main. 




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Charles Howard, school. 
John S. 
Edwards, Geo., fireman. Main. 
Francis, wife. 
" Donald. 
Edwards, Samuel, Jr., miner, Water. 
" Elizabeth, wife. 
" George. 
Annie A. 
Flannegan, Rodney, engineer. Main. 
Eliza, wife. 
" Irine, school. 

" Clyde, school. 
Charles. 
Fones, Geo. C, R. R. employe, b. I. N. Sargent, Main. 
Foster, John A., conductor. Main. 
" Ophelia J., wife. 
Thelma." 
French, James, carpenter, b John Garwood, Main. 
French, Daniel W., blacksmith. Main. 
" Louisa, wife. 
" David, carpenter. 
" James, engineex". 
" Will, fireman. 
French, Charley, engineer. Main. 
Lizzie, wife. 
'■ Edward Baird. 
" Samuel C, school. 
Fulton, J. M., tax collector, Main. 
Alice, wife. 
" Harrv, brakeman. 

May,' clerk. 
" Bertha, clerk. 
" Charles, stenographer. 
" Carrie, school. 
Fulton, Wm., R. R. engineer, Water. 



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Fulton, Ellen, wife. 
Martha. 
William. 
Funk, O. H., brakenian, b Jas. Marker, Main. 
Furgeson, Hugh, retired, b J. O. Vanriper, Water. 
Furgeson, David, miner, Water. 
Annie, wife. 
" William. 

Furgeson, Wm., pit boss. Main. 
" Euphemia, wife. 

Wm., Jr. 
Galloway, James, fireman, b Jas. Marker, Main. 
Garwood, John M., steamboat engineer. Main. 
" Mary, wife. 

" Edgar, stenographer. 

" Helen, school. 
'' Chas. Harmon. 
Gaskill, W. O., R. R. fireman, b J. T. Long, Main. 
Gibson, Will, l)rakeman, b W. M. Ctmningham, Main. 
Gibson, Ollie, fireman, b Jas. Marker,, Main. 
Gilley, Wm., superintendent mines, Middle. 
" Serepta, wife. 
" David W., school. 
" Susan. • 

Percy H. 
Gorden, John, fire boss mines. Main. 

Ma}', wife. 
Gorden, Peter, mine foreman, Water. 
" Janet, wife. 
" P. C, bookkeeper. 
Lucy. 
Gregg, Wm. K., engineer, Main. 
" Mary E., wife. 
" Wm. E., machinist. 
Gregg, y. S., machinist. Main. 
"' 'Mrs. J. S., wife. 
" Virginia Ellen. 



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Grover, F. A., brakeman, Main. 
Mary E., wife. 
" Charley E. 
Gwyn, Willie, R. R. employe, Main. 
Maggie. 
" Anna. 

" John, R. R. employe. 
" Henry, school. 
" Curtis, school. 
Dewey. 
Hammond, Fred, miner. Main. 
Harden, Geo., brakeman, b G. H. Young, Main. 

Edyth, wife. 
Hardwick, Wm., yardmaster, main. 
Ada, wife. 
" Robert, school. 

" Virginia. 

Harrison, J. W., carpenter. Main. 
E. F., wife. 
" Nellie P., seamstress. 

Geo. S., R. R. conductor. 
J. W., Jr., R. R. employe. 
" Fannie, school. 
" Rebecca, school. 
" Sarah, school. 
Harrison, J. W., R. R. engineer, b Mrs. E. C. Bin 
Main. 
" Olive, wife. 
Havs, Mrs. Ella, widow. Main. 

" Elsie, milliner. 
Hendrix, Mrs. Sara, widow. Bridge. 
Herrington, Mrs. Margaret, widow, Main. 
" Howard, engineer. 

" Clvde, flagman. 

Edith, clerk. 
" Belle, school. 

Herrington, Geo., sawver. Main. 



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Water Street., Bridgeport*. 



GROCERIES 

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Herrington, Thadius, painter. 
" Fred, carpenter. 

" Winnie, housekeeper. 

HoUiday, Benj., superintendent mines, AVater. 
" Jane, wife. 
" Jennie, school. 
" Ohve, schooL 
" Bertha, schooh 
" Bennie, jr. 

Mar}-. 
" Joseph. 
Hope, D. M., teh operator, Middle. 
" Pearl M., wife. 
" Mildred. 
Hormell, Linnie, school, b James Pallant, I\Iain. 
" Naomi, school, b James Pallant. 
" Alfred, school, b James Pallant. 
Horwat, Geo., miner. Water. 
" Rosa, wife. 

Rosa. 
" George. 
Hughes, L. F., fireman, b Geo. Johnston, Main. 

Hughes, J. M., clerk. Middle. 

" Jennie M., wife. 

" Lena F., school. 

■' Wm. W.. school. 

" Isaac G., school. 

" Lottie M., school. 
H. Helen. 
Hutton, James, conductor, Main. 

" Maggie, wife. 

" Earl, school. 

" Edna, school. 
Johnston, F. J., engineer, b. Mrs. McCarlson, : 
Johnston, Geo., stationary engineer. Main. 

" Lizzie, wife. 

Jones, James, conductor. Main. 



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" George, school. 




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Water Street, Bridgeport. 



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PROVISIONS AND PRODUCE 



Lesson, John. 

joe. 
Lillie, George, sewer contractor, Water. 

" Martha, wife. 

" Frank, laborer. 
> " Lilhe. 

" Lizzie. 

" WilHam. 

" Ruth. 
Liston, Wni., concktctor, Main. 

" Jane, wife. 

" Marian. 
Livingstone. Rov, fireman, b John Garwood, Main. 
Long, T. D., R. R. fireman, Main. 

" Kate, wife. 

" Isabel. 
Lopp, Paul, carpenter. Main. 

'' Ellen, wife. 
Lopp, Mrs. Ann, widow. Main. 

" Charley, school. 

" Jessie, school. 

" Walter. 
Loub, Will, engineer, b Mrs. McClain, Main. 
Louks, Charles, painter, b Mrs. McClain, Main. 
Lowstetter, Wm., R. R. conductor, Main. 

" Bertha, wife. 

Marison, Alex, laborer, b Mr. Furgeson, Main. 
Marker, James, Sr., butcher, Main. 

" Annie, wife. 

" Josephine. 
Ophelia. 

" James, Jr., school. 
Pricilla. 
Marker, George, R. R. fireman, Bridge. 

" Grace, wife. 
Marker, Samuel, carpenter, Water. 
" Susan, wife. 






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Marker, Frank, steamboat captain, Water. 
" Nannie, wife. 
-" Irine. 
Wilber. 
Marshall, E. T., carpenter. Water. 
Martha, wife. 
" Harry, laborer. 

Martin, Mrs. N."R., b. S. Williams, Main. 
" Walter, engineer. 
" Grace. 
McAlister, Edgar, conductor, Main. 
" Sadie, wile. 

" Edith, school. 

Mc Andrews, Sallie, widow. Main. 
" Margaret, clerk. 

" William, fireman. 

" Harry, school. 

" Edith, school. 

McCafTerty, M. J., miner. Main. 

" ' Mattie F., wife 
McCann, J. Otis, clerk, b J. X. Starr, Main. 

" Mvrtle, wife. 
McClain, Newton C, carpenter. Main. 
'' Nannie, wife. 
" Anna G., school. 
McClain, Mrs. L., Main. 

" Miss E., dressmaker. 
McClelland, Charles, R. R. employe. Bridge. 

Katherine, wife. 
McCoy, Maggie, Main. 

" Minerva, tailoress. ' 
McCune, James, electrician, b Mrs. McCarston, Main. 
McDonough, Layton, flagman. Main. 
Clara, wife. 
" Wa\-ne .\. 

McGill, Martin, grocer, Main. 
" Sarah A., wife. 



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PROVISIONS AND PRODUCE 



McGill, Denny, school. 

McKenna, Clyde, R. R. brakeman, Water. 
" Maud, wife. 

" Edith, school. 

David. 
McKenny, Haddie, Main. 
McKenny, John H., Jr., flagman, Main. 
" Albert, R. R. employee. 

JohnH. 
"■ Rebecca, wife. 

McKennv, W. R., brakeman, b J. M. Fulton, Main. 
McKinley, Robert, retired. Water. 
" Ziliah, wife. 

" George C, riverman. 

" Annie, maiden. 

" Sarah E., maiden. 

McMullen, Ollie, engineer, Main. 

Leona, wife. 
Mike, Miss Mary, b M. J. Chew, Main. 
Mincks,Mrs. Mary Jane, widow, Main. 
" Etta, dressmaker. 
" Anna, clerk. 
" Charlev, R. R. employe. 
Moffitt, Mrs. Ella, widow. Main. 

" Henrv B., R. R. employe. 
Moffitt, Thomas H., carriage maker. Main. 
" Lotiisa, wife. 
" Wilbur wS., engineer. 
" Louise. 
" Adalaide, school. 
Moffi.tt, J. Bennett, postmaster, b Thos. H. Moffitt, 

Main. 
Moffitt, Byron, carpenter. Water. 
" Ella, wife. 
" Walter, laborer. 
" Effie. 

Ber;l:a. 
" Louie. 






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Morgan, Calvin, conductor, Main. 
" Martha, wife. 
Dudlev, school. 
Wm. j. B., school. 
Elsie M. 
Morris, Ellis, sujjerintendent, Main. 
Lizzie, wife. 
Virginia, school. 
'' Walter, school. 
Morris Henr}-. engineer, b M. E. Axton. Main. 
Mundell, Earl, teamster, b Sarah Adams, Main. 
NearhofT, Andrew, R. R. engineer. Main. 
M. A., wife. 
" Laura. 
Nicholls, Chris, R. R. emplo\'e, Main. 
" Etta, wife. 
" Leona, school. 
Willie, school. 
" George. 
" Amanda. 
Nicholls, Rachel, widow. Water. 

" Wni. R., R. R. flagman, Water. 
Orchard, Geo., boiler maker, b Mrs. Ella Flays, Main. 
'' Lena, wife. 

Viola. 
" John, machinist. 
O'Rouke, John, engineer, b John Starr, Main. 
Pallant, James, fireman. Main. 

Mrs. O., wife. 
Pastorius, Wm., carpenter, Main. 
" Sarah, wife. 
" Robert, flagman. 
Nelhe. 
Letta. 
" Howard, school. 
" Richard, school. 

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Patterson, Celia A., dressmaker, Main. 
Patterson, David, engineer. Main. 
" Agnes, wife. 

William R. 
Patterson, Finley, carpenter. Main. 
" Clementine, wife. 

" Amy E. 

Patterson, Carl, painter. Water. 
" Annie, wife. 

" Howard C. 

Patterson, W. D., R. R. engirjeer, Water. 
" Ella, wife. 

" Margaret, school. 

Boyd. 
Patton, Jas. S., tippleman, Main. 
" A. G., wife. 
" Wilda G., school. 
Elizabeth F. 
Patton, Anna A., widow. Main. 
Pfeiffer, C. C, glass worker, Main. 
Phelph, Morris'll.. R. R. freight conductor. Water. 
Margaret, wife. 
" Cicero L., school. 

Morris M., Jr., school. 
" Leslie D. 
Phillips, Chas., R. R. fireman, Main. 
" Jennie, wife. 
" Earl. 
Pitts, Robert B., brakeman, Main 

" Daisy, wife. 
Pomeroy, Abner, coal hauler. Main. 
Belle, wife. 
" Walter, laborer. 
Porter, H. D., carpenter. Main. 
'' Lizzie, wife. 
" Annie, school-teacher. 
" Clifford, bookkeeper. 
Porter, Wm., hostler, Main. 






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Reese, Edgar L., railroader. 
" Isabel, school. 
" Stacy I., school. 
" Sarah J., school. 
" LilHe. 
" George, Jr. 
Roberts, Albert, brakenian, b Jas. Marker, Sr., Main. 
Rohrback, M. P., foreman. Main. 
" Alberta, wife. 

" Harry, school. 

Elhs,'clerk. 
Rowe, Gordon, miner, b Thos. Cross, Main. 
Ryan, Jonathan, carpenter, Main. 
" Mrs. Jonathan, wife. 
" Cora. 
Sadler, Wm. E., engineer. Main. 
" Sabina, wife. 
Harry E. 
Sakovitch, Frank, miner. Main. 
" Mary, wife. 

Mary. 
Sargent, L. N., R. R. employe, Main. 
" Gertrude. 

Elda. 
" Martha, school. 
Schmidt, Henry, cooper. Main. 
" Anna, wife. 
John. 
Seeley, Michael, R. R. laborer, Water. 
" Rosa, wife. 
" James, school, 
ivatie. 
Sellars, Harr3% flagman, b Jas. Marker, Main. 
Shogry, Mike, canvasser, b Mrs. Ella Hays, Main. 
Shopard, Leon, flagman, b Jas. Marker, Main. 
Sincernev, Geo., R. R. conductor. Middle. 
" Laura, wife. 

" George A. , Jr. , school . 



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Smalle}', A. J., Main. 
" Anna, wife. 
" Carrie, school-teacher. 
Smith, J. B., laborer, b M. C. Clouse, Main. 
Smith, John E., miner, b Wm. Edwards, Main. 
Smith, Wm. A., watchman, Main. 

Pearl. 
Smith, Jas. C, grocer, Middle. 
Myrtle, wife. 
" J. Willard. 
" S. Melissa. 
Smith, Sarah, widow. Water. 
Snvder, Wm. H., Sr., carpenter. Main. 
Belle E., wife. 
Louis F. 
WiniamH.,Jr. 
" Warren C. 
Spengler, Harry, express messenger, b M. E. Axton, 

Main. 
vStapleton, John, miner. Main. 
Mary, wife. 
" Howard, school. 

" Ida, school. 

" Ch'de, school. 

" Harry. 

Starr, J. N., retired, Main. 

" Margaret, wife. 
Starr, Geo., conductor. Main. 
'' Ivy, wife. 
" Norman. 
Starr, John T., riverman. Main. 
" Annie E., wife. 
" Alice A. 
Starr, A. A., carpenter. Main. 
" MarvE.,wife. 



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Starr, James, grocer, Main. 

" Lillian, wife. 
Statham, Geo., engineer, Water. 
" Elizabeth, wife. 
" Nellie M., school. 
Statham, John, fire boss, mine. Water. 

'' Martha, wife. 
Stein, Frank W., R. R., brakeman, Water. 

" Mamie, wife. 
Storer, Gertrude, Main. 
" Sarah, school. 

Blanche, school. 
" Martin. 
" Thomas. 
Suter, Mrs. E. C, widow, grocer. Main. 
Swards, L., laborer, b T. D. Long, Main. 
Taylor, John W., fireman, Main. 
" Lizzie, wife. 
'' Dearth, school. 
" Edward, school. 
" Irene, school. 
" James D. 
" Catherine. 
Ta3-]or, James W., car inspector, Main. 
" Nan, wife. 
" Eva, school. 
Theakston, Samviel K., conductor. Main. 
" Cora, wife. 

Anna May. 
Theakston, W. L., teamster, Main. 

Lenora, wife. 
Townsman, Mr., fireman, b Norman Byland, Main. 
Trader, E. H., expressman, b M. E. Axton, Main. 
Trov, David, supervisor on R. R., Water. 
" Ellen, wife. 
" Norman, clerk. 
Walter, school. 
" Margaret, school. 






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" James. 
\'anri])er, J. O., miner, Water. 
" Ellen, wife. 

" Margaret, school. 
" Sarah, school. 
" Ellen, school. 
" Hugh, school. 

Lillie. 
" Jennie. 

" Arlanda. 

Victor, W. P., contractor, Main. 

Margaret, wife. 
Ward, Willimore, flagman. Main. 
Mary Ella, wife. 
" Hannah Louise, school. 
" Anna Elizabeth. 
" Arthur F. 
Wardy, John, miner. Main. 
Susa, wife. 
" Julia. 

Watkins, R. H., tinner. Main. 

Mrs. F. A., wife. 
Weaver, Anna Elizabeth, widow, Main. 
Wells, E. B., baker. Main. 
" Mrs. E.B., wife. 
" Boyd, school. 
Wells, Harry, teamster, b E. B. Wells. 
Wilkins, R. W., car])enter, Main. 
Mrs. L. A., wife. 
" Harrv E. 
Edgar E. 
William H. 
Williams, S., retired, Main. 
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Williams, Ellen, wife. 

" Bessie, school-teacher. 
Williams, Mary Jane, widow, Main. 
Williams, Thomas, teamster, b Joe Bakewell, Middle. 
Wilson, Robert, miner, b David Furgeson, Water. 
Wolford, Homer, bookkeeper, Main. 

" Minnie, wife. 
Young, Geo. H., conductor. Main. 
Mrs. E. v., wife. 

" Luetta, stenogra]3her. 
Young, Frank, conductor. Main. 

" Mrs. M. C, wife. 

" Pearl. 

" Lizzie. 

" Nellie. 
Zalva, John, miner, b John Lacotta, Main. 




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AGENTS INSURANCE. 

Jeffries, T. A., High st., Bridgeport. 
Lenhart, Geo. W., & Son, P. 0. Bldg., Brownsville. 
Snowdon, J. H., P. O. Bldg., Brownsville. 
Taylor, Edward, Monongahela Nat. Bank Bldg., 
Brownsville. 

AGRICULTURAL IP^PLEMENTS. 

Moore, Geo. L., Water st., Bridgeport. 

ARCHITECTS. 

Dawson, Silas & Son, Iron Bridge, Brownsville. 

AUTOMOBIlvB AGENCIES. 

Smith, Dr. A. C, High and Bridge sts., Bridgeport. 

BAKERS. 

Acklin, C. P., & Son, Market, Brownsville. 
Camino, Joseph, Grant ave., Bridgeport. 
Camino, Mike, & Co., Coal road, Bridgeport. 
Vogt, John, Greene lane, Bridgeport. 
Wells, E. B., Main st.. West Brownsville. 
Williams, Mrs. Ida, Second St., Bridgeport. 

BANKS AND BANKERS. 

Majerchak, J. C, banker, P. O. Bldg., Brownsville. 
Monongahela National Bank, Neck, Brownsville. 

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BANKS AND BANKERS— Con. 

National Deposit Bank. High and Bank sts., Bridge 

port. 
Poletz, Rosy, banker, Neck, Brownsville. 
Rutsek, Peter, banker, Neck, Brownsville. 
Second National Bank, opp. post office, Brownsville. 

BARBER SHOPS. 

Adams, Loyd, Bridge st., Bridgeport. 
Barker, Wm., Market st., Brownsville. 
Daugherty, W. T., Neck, Brownsville. 
Florence, Lou, Market st., Brownsville. 
Honesty, Frank, Water St., Bridgeport. 
Johnston, Henry, Neck, Brownsville. 
Simpson, Gilbert, West Brownsville. 

BILLIARD AND POOL PARLORS. 

Florence, Lou, Market st., Brownsville. 
Rush, Ray, over Sargent's Livery, Bridgeport. 

BLACKSMITHING AND HORSESHOEING. 

Burd, Wm., National Road, Brownsville. 
Cropp, Joseph, Bridge st., Bridgeport. 
Gadd, Frank M., Market st., Brownsville. 
Smith, L. E., High st., Bridgeport. 

BOARDING HOUSES. 

Richey, Caroline, Second st., Bridgeport. 

BOOTS AND SHOES. 

Brownsville Supply Co., Neck, Brownsville. 
Diamond Coal Co., Bridge st., West Brownsville. 
Levy, William, Iron Bridge, Brownsville. 
Michener & Hormell, Neck, Brownsville. 
Richie's Racket Store, Neck, Brownsville. 
Springer, Geo. W., & Son, Water st., Bridgeport. 
Valley Supply Co. No. 25, Water st., Bridgeport. 
Wise, B., Neck, Brownsville. 



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BOTTLERS OF SOFT DRINKS. 

Thornton, James I., & Sons, Middle alley, Bridgeport. 

BREWERIES. 

Brownsville Brewing Co., Water St., Bridgeport. 

BRICK MANUFACTURERS. 

Brownsville Brick Mig. Co., Oliice, Bridge St., Bridge- 
port. 

CARRIAGE MAKERS. 

Blair, James, Second St., Bridgeport. 

Leamon, James, Bridge St., Bridgeport. 

Moffitt, Thomas, Middle alley. West Brownsville. 

CARPET WEAVING. 

Swearer, Peter, Church st., I3ro\vns\'ille. 

CHICKEN FANCIERS. 

Cock, Eli B., High St., Bridgeport. 

CIVIL ENGINEERS AND SURVEYORS. 

Fayette Engineering and Construction Co., Iron 
Bridge Bldg., Brownsville. 

Kenney, C. L. & G. W., High and Angle sts., Bridge- 
port. 

CLEANING AND PRESSING. 

Altman., John, High st., Bridgeport. 
Bulger Bros., Iron Bridge, Bridgeport. 
Klein, Max, Neck, Brownsville. 
Pouch, Frank, Second st., Bridgeport. 
Troth, O. J., Market, Brownsville. 

CLOTHING AND GENTS' FURNISHINGS. 

Goldstein, H., Neck, Brownsville. 
Hormell, H. H., & Son, Neck, Brownsville. 
Lew, William, Iron Bridge, Brownsville. 
Wise, B., Neck, Brownsville. 



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I COAL DEALERS— LOCAL. 

Long, James, Cross St., Brownsville. 
Wollord, George, Coal road, Bridgeport. 

CONFECTIONS. 

Carmack, O. K., Bridge st., West Brownsville. 

CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS. 

Aubrey Lumber Co., Penn st., West Brownsville. 

Aubrey Lumber Co., Spring alley, Bridgeport. 
( Douglass, A. W., Second and Union sts., Bridgeport. 
' Higinbotham, Jas. C, Water st., Bridgeport. 

League, D. M., Grant ave., Bridgeport. 

Rathmell & Worcester, Water st., Bridgejjort. 
I Spence, M. B., & Co., F. L. Magee, manager, Second st., 
J Bridgeport. 

I COOPERS. 

West's Cooper Shop, loth st., Bridge].)ort. 

CRACKER MANUFACTURERS. 

I Chatland & Lenhart, opp. post office, Brownsville. 

DENTISTS. 

Abraham, A. C, Iron Bridge Bldg., Brownsville. 
Abrams, J. A., Abrams Bldg.. Brownsville. 
{ Graham, H. D., Monongahela Bank Bldg., Brownsville. 
Huston, J. A., Neck, Brownsville. 
Patton, t. H., Post Office Bldg., Brownsville. 

DISTILLERIES. 

Hamburger Distillery, Ltd., Water st., Bridgeport. 
Thompson Distilling Co., Main st.. West Brownsville. 

DRESSMAKERS. 

Acklin, Bertha V., Abrams Bldg., Brownsville. 
Britton, Kate, and Reynolds, Julia, 1. 0.0. F. Bldg., 
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DRESSMAKERS- Con. 

Coldren, Ann, Market sr.., Brownsville. 
Michaels, Celia, High St., Bridgeport. 
Sawver, Mrs. Lizzie, Second St., Bridgeport. 

DRUGGISTS. 

Armstrong, J. D., Drug Co., Neck, Brownsville. 
Bulger, H. H., & Co., Water and Bridge sts., Bridge- 
port. 
Graham, Robert, Neck, Brownsville. 
Rathmell Bros., Bank St., Bridgeport. 
Robinson, D. Fred, Iron Bridge, Bridgeport. 
Robinson, H. W., Market St., Brownsville. 

DRY GOODS. 

Craft, James S., Neck, Brownsville. 

Griffin, E. C, Neck, Brownsville. 

Lew, Morris, Neck, Brownsville. 

Lvdic, J. C, & Co., Neck, Brownsville. 

Wise, B., Neck, Brownsville. 

Worrell, E. D., Second an Arch sts., Bridgeport. 

ELECTRICIANS. 

Bell, J. M., Post Office Bldg., Brownsville. 

ELECTROPLATING. 

Kenney, C. L., High and Angle sts., Bridgeport. 

EXPRESS COMPANIES. 

Adams Express Co., Chas. Weaver, agent, Union 

Station. 
American Express Co., C. S. Pringle, agent. Union 

Station. 

FLORISTS. 

Pearsall, Daniel H., Pearl St., Bridgeport. 



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FLOUR, FEED, ETC. 

Champion Milling Co., Coal road, Bridgeport. 
Eclipse Milling Co., Water st., Bridgeport. 

FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC FRUITS. 

Fredianni, R., Neck, Brownsville. 
Monsour, Nicola, Market St., Brownsville. 
Poletz, Rosy, Neck, Brownsville. 
Rose, Sam., Market St., Brownsville. 

FURNITURE AND UNDERTAKING. 

Ross, J. T., Neck, Brownsville. 

Sanforth, Jos. G., Market st., Brownsville. 

Sharpnack & Conellv, Neck, Brownsville. 

GAS COMPANIES. 

Elwood Gas & Oil Co., Iron Bridge Bldg., Browns- 
ville. 
Greensboro Nat. Gas Co., High st., Bridgeport. 

GLASS MANUFACTURERS. 

Van Cleave Window Glass Co., Junction, West 
Brownsville. 

GRAIN, FEED AND PRODUCE. 

Brownsville Ice & Storage Co., Main st., Wesi" Browns- 
ville. 

GROCERIES AND QUEENSWARE. 

Anderson, Mary, High st., Bridgeport. 
Brownsville Supply Co., Neck, Brownsville. 
Bulger, J. H., & Son, Iron Bridge, Bridgeport. 
Campbell, W. L., Water st., Bridgeport. 
Carmack, O. K., Bridge st.. West Brownsville 
Coldren, Ann, Market st., Brownsville. 
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Dauq:hertv, John, Vine st., West Brownsville. 
Elliott, C". J., Tea Co., Market st., Brownsville. 
Garlotts, C. C, Market st., Brownsville. 
Gottesman Bros., Neck, Brownsville. 
Gra3% James H., Water st., Bridgeport. 
Green, William, Neck, Brownsville. 
Haken, William, Second st., Bridgeport. 
Herskovitz, Ignatz, High st., Bridgeport. 
Johnson, William, Bridge st.. West Brownsville. 
Johnston, C. G., Market st., Brownsville. 
Lindy, Emehne, High st., Bridgeport. 
Lynch & Henan, Market st., Brownsville. 
Marshall, Harry, Neck, Brownsville. 
Mason, H. G., Spring alley, Bridgeport. 
McGill, Martin, Main st.. West Brownsville. 
McCracken, Margaret, Market St., Brownsville. 
Miller, C. J., High st., Bridgeport. 
Power, J. P., Neck, Brownsville. 
Robinson, John, Market st., Brownsville. 
Shupe, K. ]., Market st., Brownsville. 
Swearer, Alfred C, Market st., Brownsville. 
Valley Supply Co. No. 25, Water st., Bridgeport. 
Williams, James, Liberty ave.. West Brownsville. 

GUN AND LOCK SMITHS. 

Kenney, C. L., High and Angle sts., Bridgeport. 
Peirsel, Arthur, High st., Bridge] lort. 

HARDWARE, STOVES AND TINWARE. 

Coulter, John H., Neck, Brownsville. 
Fear, Geo. E., Neck, Brownsville. 
Moore, Geo. L., Water st., Bridgeport. 

HARNESS MAKERS. 

Madera, Bruce, Neck, Brownsville. 



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HOTELS. 

Albion Hotel, J. Will Gribble, prop., Water St., 
Brownsville. 

Alexander Hotel, H. G. Johnson, prop.. Neck, Browns- 
ville. 

Atwood Hotel, Robt. Byland, prop.. Bridge St., West 
Brownsville. 

Barr House, J. E. Rickard, prop., Water st., Bridge- 
port. 

Girard House, Market st., Brownsville. 

Herbertson House, F. S. Adams, prop.. Water st.-, 
Bridgeport. 

Hotel Aubrey, D. J. Province, prop., Bridge st., West 
Brownsville. 

Hotel Good, John Good, prop., Junction, West Browns- 
ville. 

Monongahela Hotise, J. S. Rush, prop., Neck, Browns- 
ville. 

Pennsylvania Hotel, Jas. Risbeck, prop., Water st. 
Bridgeport. 

Storev House, Matt Storev, prop., Market st., Browns- 
ville. 

ICE MANUFACTURERS. 

Brownsville Brewing Co., Water st., Bridgeport. 
Brownsville Ice & Storage Co., Main st.. West Browns- 
ville. 

INTERPRETERS. 

Gottesman, Max, Neck, Brownsville. 
Herskovitz, Ignatz, High st., Bridgeport. 

JEWELERS AND OPTICIANS. 

Kaiser, Wm. F., Neck, Brownsville. 
Moorhead, Geo. S., Neck, Brownsville. 
Theakston, F. B., Iron Bridge, Brownsville. 



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LAUNDRIES -AGENTS. 

Grooms, C. E., Water st., Bridgeport. 
Lee Wah, Main st., Brownsville. 
Mitchell, William, Neck, Brownsville. 
Yee Kim, Neck, Brownsville. 

LAWYERS. 

Cottom, H. A., Post Office Bldg., Brownsville. 

LIVERY, FEED AND BOARDING STABLES. 

Kisinger, Harry, Market st., Brownsville. 

Sargent, A. M., Coal road and Prospect St., Bridge- 
port. 

Union Stables, Gregg & Syphers, props.. Bridge St., 
Bridgeport. 

LUMBER DEALERS. 

Aubrev Lumber Co., Vine St.. West Brownsville. 
Aubrey Lumber Co., Spring alley, Bridgeport. 
Higinbotham, James C, Water st., Bridgeport. 

MACHINE SHOPS AND FOUNDRIES. 

Herbertson's Sons, J., Water and Bridge sts., Bridge- 
port. 

Gregg's Machine Shop & Foundry, Water st.. West 
Brownsville. 

MARBLE, GRANITE AND STONE. 

Wright's Sons, T. S., W^ater st., Bridgep>ort. 

MEAT MARKETS AND BUTCHERS. 

Albright & Meese. iNhirket St., Brownsville. 
Brenton Bros., Bridge and Main sts., West^. Browns- 
ville. 
Craft's Sui)i)ly Store, High and Bridge sts.. Bridgeport. 
Lowstetter, Daniel, Market st., Brownsville. 
Marker, James, Main st., West Brownsville. 




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MEAT MARKETS AND BUTCHERS— Con. 

Marshall, Harry, Neck, Brownsville. 
Mulyar & Cooper, High St., Bridgeport. 
Star Meat Market, High st., Bridgeport. 
Urick & Zuzen, Market st., Browrxsville. 

MERCHANT TAILORS. 

Altman, John, High st., Bridgeport. 
Bulger Bros., Iron Bridge, Bridge];ort. 
Klein, Max, Neck, Brownsville. 
Troth, O. J., Market St., Brownsville. 



MESSENGER— CITY. 

Rice, Chas. E., H-. H. Hormell & Sons' Store. 

MILLINERS. 

Griffin, E. C, Neck, Brownsville. 
Scott, M. C, High St., Bridgeport. 
Todd, Cora, Neck, Brownsville. 



MUSIC DEALERS. 
Perry, W. A., High st. and Perry ave., Bridgeport. 
Phillips, D. R., Neck, Brownsville. 

NEWS DEALERS. 

Brownsville News Co., Union Station. 
Johnston, Howard B., over Ratlimell's drug store, 
Bridgeport. 

NEWSPAPERS AND PRINTERS. 

Brownsville Clipper, W. F. Applegate, editor and 

publisher. Market st., Brownsville. 
Weekly Monitor, E. P. Couse, editor and publisher. 

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^ (y 1 NOTARIES PUBLIC. 

^ / Brashear, E. T., Iron Bridge Bldg., Neck, Browns- 

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A 7 Jeffries, T. A., High st., Bridgeport. 

^ »QQ Poletz, Rosy, Neck, Brownsville. 

"00 ^C OIL DEALERS. 

C *• Devault, William, High st. and Woodward ave., 

'2 "^ Bridgeport. 

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Cline & Gue, Greene Lane, Bridgeport; National 

Road, Brownsville. 
Patterson & Herrington, Main st., West Brownsville. 
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Waggoner & Lilly, Prospect st., Bridgeport. 

PHOTOGRAPHS AND PICTURE FRAMING. 

Pratt, W. D., Abrams Bldg., Neck, Brownsville. 

PHYSICIANS. 

Eastman &- Lilley, over Rathmell's drug store, Bridge- 
port. 

Hoover, F. vS., Iron Bridge Bldg., Brownsville. 

Miller, Colley, over Wm. Levy's, Brownsville. 

Reichard, C. C, over Griffin's dry goods store, 
Brownsville. 

Reichard, L. N., over Griffin's dry goods store, 
Brownsville. 

Smith, Alfred C, High and Bank sts., Bridgeport. 

PLUMBERS AND GAS FITTERS. 

Arensberg Bros., under Dr. A. C. Smith's offiice, 
Bridgey)ort. 

Kennedy & Claybaugh, near Ba|)tist Church, Browns- 
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PI^UMBBRS AND GAS FITTERS— Con. 

Shelton, Geo. A., Light lane, Bridgeport. 
Stewart, R. J., vinder Rathmell's drugstore, Bridge- 
port. 

RACKET STORES. 

Richie's Racket Store, Neck, Brownsville. 

REAL ESTATE AGENTS. 

Brashear, E. T., Iron Bridge Bldg., Neck, Browns- 
ville. 

Jeffries, T. A., High st., Bridgeport. 

Lenhart, Geo. W., & Son, P. O. Bldg., Brownsville. 

Marshall & Hart, Second St., Bridgeport; Neck, 
Brownsville. 

Snowdon, J. H., P. 0. Bldg., Brownsville. 

RESTAURANTS. 

Freeman, Harry, Water st., Bridgeport. 

McMillan, Chas., over Wm. Green's grocery, Neck, 

Brownsville. 
Minehart, Kate, Bank st., Bridgeport. 
Mitchell, M. C, Neck, Brownsville. 
White & Tidball, Water st., Bridgeport. 

SEWING MACHINE AGENTS. 

Phillips, D. R., Neck, Brownsville. 

SHOEMAKERS. 

Drake, Henry, High st., Bridgeport. 
Luft, Andrew, Market st., Brownsville. 
Marinelli, Lougi, Neck, Brownsville. 
Miles, A. D., Water st., Bridgeport. 
Rabe, George, Neck, Brownsville. 
Sorrell, Thomas, High st., Bridgeport. 

STEAMSHIP AGENCIES. 

Majerchak, J. C, P. O. Bldg., Brownsville. 
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STOCK BROKERS. 

Richmond & Co., Frank, Carsten, manager, Mononga- 
hela Bank BUlg., Brownsville. 

TEAMSTERS. 

Florence, Joseph, Pearl st., Bridgeport. . 
Florence, John, Pearl st., Bridgej;ort. 
Ingram, Walter, Church St., Brownsville. 
Jones, Israel, Cemeter\' road, Bridgeport. 
Moore, P. C, Front st., Browmsville. 
Percy, John O., Water st.. Bridge; ort. 

TELEGRAPH COMPANIES. 

Western Union Telegraph Co., Griffin Bldg., Neck, 
Brownsville. 

TELEPHONE COMPANIES. 

C. D. & P. T. Co. (Bell), Alonongahela Bank Bldg., 
Brownsville. 

Federal Telejjhone Co., Water and Bank sts., Bridge- 
port. 

TINNERS. 

Vorhes, Charles, Water st., Brigeport. 

TOBACCONISTS. 

Haught, W. A., Water and Bank sts., Bridgeport. 
Wilson, John D., Neck, Brownsville. 

TRUCK GARDENERS. 

Lockhart. Alex., Clover st., Bridgefjort. 

VETERINARY SURGEONS. 

(iregg, Ira M., Cnion Stal)les, Bridge st.. Bridgeport. 

WATER COMPAi'JIES 

Brownsville Water Co., Mi,gh St.. Bridgeport. 



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614 Index 

EARLY IJISTORV OF WESTERN PENXSVLVAXIA. 

PAGE 

French Invasion ^ 3 

Washington's Mission to LeBueof 4 

The Hanguard, Ft. Pitt and Ft. Duquesne 5 

Washington and Jumonville 5 

Washington's Defeat at Great Meadows — Ft. Necessity 9 

Braddock's Disastrous Expedition 12 

Gen. Forbes' Expedition — French Abandon Ft. Dufjuesne. ... 14 

Mounds and Mound- Builders — Redstone Old Fort 14 

Conditions of Penn's Charter 18 

Western Pennsylvania Bought of Six Nations 18 

Settlement of Western Pennsylvania 20 

Influence of Ohio Company — Gist's Plantation 20 

Westmoreland County Formed 21 

Division of Westmoreland County 21 

First Settlers in what is now Fayette Covmty 22 

Attempt to Remove First Settlers 22 

Mason and Dixon Line — Virginia and Pennsylvania 23 

List of Settlers at Redstone Old Fort, Gist's, Turkev Foot 23 




Index 615 
FAYETTE COUNTY HISTORY. 

PAGE 

Growth of Po]n:lation 25 

Slavery and Servitude in Fayette County 25 

Courts Organized — First Attorneys 27 

Number and Names of Townships — When Erected 27 

First County Officials 28 

Present County Officials . 29 

List of Present Attorneys — Uniontown 29 

List of Present Attorneys — Connellsville 30 

List of Present Attorneys — Brownsville 30 

Court House, Sheriff's Residence and Jail 30 

Fayette County Poor House and Farm 31 

First Coal Used in Fayette County 33 

Coke First Made and Used in Fayette County 33 

Iron Industry in Fayette County 33 

Fayette County Agricultural Association 35 

Fayette County Medical Society 36 




616 Index 

GEOLOGY OF FAYETTE COUNTY. 

PAGE 

Geological Location 37 

Third or Connellsville Basin 37 

Fourth or Monongahela Basin 37 

Lower Productive Coal Measures 38 

Laurel and Chestnut Ridges 38 

Geological Structure 38 

Fine Building Stone 39 

Laurel Ridge Anticlinal 39 

The Upper Barren Series 40 

Economic Geology of Fayette County 40 

Horizons of Iron Ore in Fayette County 41 

Lime Stone 41 

Fire Clav 42 

Oil Fields 42 

Gas Fields 42 

Coal Fields 43 

Bituminous Coal Fields 43 

Fayette County Klondyke 43 

Coke Development in Fayette County 43 

Pioneer Coke Company 44 

American Steel and Wire Company , 44 

The Bessemer Company 46 

The National Steel Company 4() 

W. J. Rainey Company 4() 

The Coke Industry . . .' 4() 

The Civil War Retarded the Coke Industry 47 

Tabulated Statistics on Coke 47 

Many Coke Ovens Built Since 1899 48 

Coal One of the Great Forces of the Future 48 

Coke and Iron Industries Closely Allied 48 

Location and Extent of the Connellsville Coke Region 48 




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617 



FAYETTE COUNTY'S PART IN WARS. 

PAGE 

Dunmore's War 50 

The Revolution 52 

The Whiskev Insurreccion 53 

The War of '1S12-1S15 54 

The War with Mexico 55 

The War of the Rebehio.; 55 

The Ringgold Cavalry 57 

Dies Rescuing a Comrade 58 

" Greater Love Hath No Man " — Poem 59 

Fayette County Veterans' iVssociation 60 

"Will Soon Answer 'Taps' " — Poem 61 

Roster, Company D, Eighth Pennsylvania Reserve Corps 62 

List of Deceased Soldiers — Brownsville 65 

List of Deceased Soldiers — Bridgeport 66 

Died at Andersonville 68 

Spanish- American War and Filipino Insurrection 68 




618 Index 

EARLY AND PRESENT MODES OF TRAXSPORTATIOX 



HIvSTORY OF NATIONAL PIKP:. 

PAGE 

First Wagon Load of Goods that Crossed the Mountains 70 

Enormous Cost of Transportation 70 

The Old Nemacolin Trail 71 

The "Turkey-Foot " Road 71 

The Cumberland Road or National Pike 72 

A Narrow Escape for Uniontown 



72 



Work on the National Pike Commenced at Cumberland 12 

Cost of the National Pike 73 

Effect of the Pike on the Country — No Toll 73 

Index to Slack-Water Navigation 75 

Index to Old Taverns Along the National Pike 85 

Index to Railroad Historv 95 




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619 



SLACK-WATER NAVIGATION. 

Slack-Water Navigation Agitated in 17S2 l^ 

"The Old Monongahela Still "—Poem '« 

Slackwater Again Agitated in 1817— Name of Company 78 

Capital Stock, $78,000 'J^ 

The State Takes Up the Work m 1822 ^J 

Second Monongahela Navigation Company .■■■■■■ ^^ 

Commissioners to Receive Subscriptions Appointed 80 

$258,100 Subscribed but Many Subscriptions Not Paid 81 

The Company Comes to Grief and Work is Suspended 81 

Capitalists Buv Up Stock and Complete Work m 1844 81 

Cost of River Tolls ?% 

Eight Years of Great Prosperity ■ • _• »^ 

B. &. O. and Slack- AVater Navigation Beneht the Pike ^^ 

Rejected the Baltimore & Ohio 









620 Index 

OLD TAVLRXS A\J)SC. THE NATIONAL PIKE. 

PAGE 

Uniontown Taverns 85 

Too Much Roast Pig 85 

Anecdote of Manypenny and Jefferson 86 

General Lafayette and General Santa Anna 86 

General Jackson at the McCleary House 86 

Old Taverns Along the Pike. . . . ' 87 

The Half-Way House — Searight's 87 

Old Taverns in Brownsville 88 

Thomas Brown's " Ordinarv " 88 

The Black Horse Tavern . .' 88 

The Old Workman Tavern— Now the Girard House 89 

General Jackson W^ anted Ham and Eggs 89. 

Anecdotes of Henry Clay 89 

General LaFavette at the Brashear House 90 

The Old Marshall House 90 

The Old Clark Mansion— Now the Storey House 90 

The Old Krepps Homestead — Now the Monongahela House. . 91 

Old Taverns in Bridgeport 91 

Old Taverns in West Brownsville 91 

Old Pike Reminiscences 92 

Visit of Jenny Lind and P. T. Barnum 93 



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RAILROAD HISTORY. 

PAGE 

The Pittsburgh & Connellsville Raih-oad Co 95 

The Fayette County Railroad Company 95 

Branch Lines of Raih'oads 95 

Early History of the Baltimore & Ohio 96 

The Event Celebrated at Baltimore 96 

The Pennsylvania Railroad — Its Growth 98 

The Invasion of New York 98 

Early History of the Pennsylvania 100 

The Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad 104 

Pittsburgh, McKeesport & Youghiogheny 105 

"The Lake Erie Never Killed a Passenger" 105 

Vice-President and General Manager, J. M. Schoonmaker 100 

The Monongahela Railroad Company 108 

Program of Opening of Monongahela Railroad 110 

Superintendent J. B. Yohe's Speech 114 

"Three Towns" Board of Trade Banc^uet 115 

Along the Monongahela Line 117 

The Connellsville Central Railroad 119 

The Man Who First Proposed the Union Pacific Railroad 120 

Letter of "Tariff, " Andy Stewart 121 

BIOGRAPHIES OF vSOME OF THE RAILROAD OFFICIALS. 

PAGE. 

Coburn, W. A 128 

Crawford, Joseph U 123 

Dorsey, George 127 

Ermire, John 127 

Grooms, Joseph C 125 

Pringle, Chris. S 128 

Schoonmaker, Col. James M 123 

Shank, Harry W 128 

Taylor, Robert W., Jr 124 




622 Index 

H 1 STO R Y ( ) F T H E T H R E I-: T( )W X S . 

PAGE 

Sketch of Our Boroughs — Early Settlers and Business Men .... 131 

Steamboat and Keel Boat Building 1:^3 

Daniel French's Enterprises — The "Enterprise" and "Dispatch" 134 

First Steamer Between Pittsburgh and New Orleans 136 

Robert Rogers' Description oi the "Dispatch's" Trip 136 

History of the " Reindeer" — Keel Boat Building 140 

Pringle's Flat-Bottom Boats 140 

Pringle Boat Building Co. — Cock & Lenhart, Boatbuilders . . 142 

The Herbertson & Company Foundry and Machine Shops 144 

Vulcan Iron and Machine Works 144 

The French Cotton and Woolen Mills 148 

First Glass Factory — The George Hogg & Co. Glass Factory .. 150 

Another Glass Factory 150 

The Culbertson & Rowe Foundry — The French Machine Shops . 152 

The Thomas Faull Foundry— The Valley Mills 154 

The Rees Cadwallader Mills — The Krepps & Carter Paper Mills.. 154 

The Lanning Planing Mills — The Shoe Industry. . 154 

The Brownsville Agricultural Works — First Brewery 154 

The Harvey Leonard Saw Mills — The River Coal Compan}- . . . 156 

The Brownsville Brewery 158 

The Hamburger Distillery, Ltd 164 

The Thompson Distilling Co 166 

The Elwood Natural Gas and Oil Companv 168 

The Public Library ' 170 

Newspaper Enterprises - 172 

Physicians of the Three Towns 174 

pionep:r u)I)(>e.s of the three towns. 

Brownsville Lodge, No. 60, F. & A. M 174 

Brownsville Lodge, No. 51, I. O. O. F • 176 

Brownsville Lodge, No. 357, K. of P 182 

Brownsville Chapter, No. 164, R. A. M 176 

lohn E. Michener Post, No. 173, Dept. of Pa., G. A. R 184 

'Monongahela Lodge, No. 1305, G. U. O. of O. F 180 

Nemacolin Tribe, No. 112, Improved Order of Red Men 182 

St. Omer's Commanderv, No. 7, F. T 176 

Western Star Lodge, No. 36, F. & A. M 176 

MIvSCELIvA-NEOUS. 

Mirror that hung in the cabin of the Mayflower 184 

Snuif Box that came over on the Mayflower 184 

Peter Hunt's Famous Skating Rink 186 

The Old Wooden Bridge 188 



Index 623 

PAGE 

Visit of General Lafayette l^P 

Letter from Andrew Jackson 19'J 

SOME OF OUR BUSINESS PEOPLE AND ESTABLISHMENTS. 

Cottom, Harry A., Attorney 21-i 

Johnston, Howard B., News Dealer 218 

Klein, Max, Merchant Tailor 2L5 

Metropolitan Life Insurance Co 216 

Pratt, Wm. D., Photographer 21S 

BIOCxRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 

Brashear, John Alfred 243 

Bright, W. H • 239 

Brown, Capt. Samuel S 24d 

Bulger, Jessie H., -"^2 

Chatland, Mr. WilUam 225 

Duncan, Judge Thomas -19 

Duncan, Dr. W. S 220 

Gadd, Stephen I 238 

Graham. William 237 

Grooms, Dr. James B -2-' 

Hart, J. Percy ' 240 

Herbertson, John ^-' 

Jacobs, Capt. Adam 232 

Jacobs, Adam -'^ 

Krepps, Solomon Gillespie ^^-J 

Mason, Isaac M '-jjj 

McGee, Rev. Chas. A. (colored) 249 

McKinley, Robert 23b 

Mitchell,' James '-'^^ 

Moffitt, Alexander 248 

Moffitt, John B 23b 

Patriello, Robert 240 

Phillips, Percival -^^ 

Pringle, John S --^ 

Rogers, Joseph Talbot ";^ 

Rogers, Roland Clav -^;^ 

Snowden, J. Nelson -^^ 

Steele, Mr. Samuel --^ 

Steele, Wilham C -^^ 

Thompson, Samuel "^ 

Truxal, Dr. Norval Wilson —^ 

Wilgus, John S — 

Wilgus, Thomas Benton 

Wright, T. S 



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HISTORY OF BROWNSVILLE. 

PAGE 

Where Located- Early Settlers 259 

Cresap's Ferry and Krepps' Ferry in Bridge])ort 260 

Thomas and Basil Brown 260 

Brownsville Laid out and Incorporated 261 

First Borough Officials — Present Borough Officials 261 

Postmasters Who Have Served Brownsville 262 

Earlv Fire Protection 262 

Old Cemeteries — Redstone Cemetery Association 264 

First and Present Officials 265 

Rules of the Cemetery Association 266 

Endowment Fund — Articles of Agreement (or 267 

Not Run for the Benefit of Stockholders 267 

BIOGRAPHIES OF BOROUGH OFFICIALS. 



Acklin, William Graham 277 

Bowman, Qharles W 273 

Brashear, Edgar T 272 

Carmack, Amiriah A 270 

Collier, James F 273 

Coulter, Charles W 273 

DeLaney, Edward S 277 

Edmiston, William A 269 

Fisher, W^illiam H 268 

Gabler, Frank : 278 

■Gadd, Frank M 275 

Grafinger, Joseph 276 

Gregg, Charles Walter 273 

Griffin, Willard Atkinson 272 

Hibbs, Benjamin Franklin 271 

Huston, Dr. Joseph A 277 

Johnson, Robert 278 

Kisinger, Harry 268 

Labin, Alexander 277 

Lenhart, William L 270 

Patterson, Alvin C 274 

Reichard, Dr. Cyrus Clay 274 

Reichard, Dr. Lewis Nvman 274 

Ross, J. T '. 275 

Snowden, Charles L 269 

Snowden, J. Howard 271 

Steele, George Conwell 271 

Storey, Charles H 276 

Worcester, Thomas C 278 



Index 625 

HLSTORY (3F BRIDGEPORT. 

PAGE 

When Laid Out and Incorporated 279 

First Borough Officials — Present Borough Officials 279 

Old Market House— The Old Warehouse and Wharf 280 

Bridgeport Improvement Society 281 

First Meeting, Second Meeting, First Regular Officers. . 282 

History of the Public Fountain 283 

Dedication of Fountain — Officers Improvement Society 286 

The Reading Circle ".287 

The Old " Red Puinp " — Tutor of James G. Blaine 289 

Bridgeport Cemetery 290 

When Established — List of Incorporators. . . 291 

Officers of the Company — Rules and Regulations 291 

Endowment Fund — Articles of Agreement for 294 

Not Organized for Profit 295 



BIOGRAPHIES OF BOROUGH OFFICIALS. 

Buffington, Robert 305 

Bulger, Rinard Reece 306 

Bumrv, Rev. Richard Henrv 30-1 

Cope,' Eli ' • 305 

Couse, Edwin Phili])-, 302 

DeLaney, William 303 

Eastman, Dr. Henry 297 

Grav, James H 302 

Hart, David Moffitt 298 

Higinbotham, Uriah F 300 

Jeffries, Thomas A 296 

Levy, William 305 

Lindv, John Stanley 304 

Lockhart, Alexander Duncan 304 

Marshall, Harry 300 

Martin, OUver Knight 301 

Miller, Caleb Johnson 306 

Moore, George L 296 

Pearsall. Daniel H 299 

Rathmell, George M 301 

Sargent, Ackison M 303 

Smith, Dr. Alfred C 302 

Stewart, George L 303 

Thompson, John 306 

Tilghman, B. R. A. (colored) 301 

Waggoner, Levi Craft 297 

Winans, William Vincent 296 



626 Index 

HISTORY (3F WEvST BROWxXSVlLLE. 

PAGE 

Where Located ;3()7 

Indian Peter's Widow's Conveyance HOT 

James G. Blaine's Father 309 

When and b}- Whom Laid out 309 

When Incorporated and First Borough Officials 310 

Present Borough Officials 310 

Arrival of tlie P. V. & C. Railroad 310 

First and Present Postmasters 310 

Some of West Brownsville's Industries 311 

BIOGRAPHIEvS OF BOROUGH OFFICIALS. 

Axton, Emmett Rvman 313 

Baird, Edward R . ". 315 

Brock, George W 315 

Chamberlain, Harry Kirk 316 

Dougherty, John 317 

Dwver, Wilbur 316 

Eckles, Charles E 313 

French, David W 312 

Fulton, James M 316 

Harrison, J. Will 314 

Kaufman, John Clarence 314 

Moffitt, Bvron L 314 

Moffitt, Thomas H 312 

Pringle, John D. S 315 

Province, David [efferson 314 

Snyder, William H., Sr 316 

Williams, James 312 

Young, George H 313 




Index 627 

FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS OF THE THREE TOWNS. 

PAGE 

National Deposit Bank 318 

Resources of 319 

Liabilities of 319 

President of 319 

Monongahela Natioi^al Bank 322 

President of 323 

Cashiers of 323 

New Home of 323 

Magnificent Record of 324 

Second National Bank 324 

Originally the First National Bank 324 

Capital and Surplus 325 

Present Officers of 'the Bank 325 

Italian Bank 325 

Hungarian Bank 325 

Slavi'sh Bank 325 




628 Index 

EDUCATIONAL HISTORY. 

PAGE 

Brownsville Schools 'Over a Century Ago 320 

First School House — Young Lady's Seminary 326 

Present Teachers and Pupils 328 

Room No. 1 328 

Room No. 2 328 

Room No. 3 329 

Room No. 4 329 

Room No. 5 341 • 

Room No. 342 

Room No. 7 342 

Room No. 8 342 

Room No. 9 343 

Two Leaves from a Ledger 343 

Biography of Principal C. Gregg Lewellyri 344 

Excelsior Literarv Society 346 

Biography of Principal J. F. Snyder 346 

BRIDGEPORT. 

Quakers the Pioneers in Schools 347 

First School House in Bridgeport 347 

School Directors Appointed Under the Law of 1834 348 

Second School House in Bridgeport 348 

The Union School Building 348 

Bridge|)ort Has First Graded Schools 348 

List of Teachers and Pupils 362 

Room No. 1 362 

Room No. 2 363 

Room No. 3 364 

Room No. 4 364 

Room No. o 365 

Room No. () 366 

Room No. 7 366 

Room No. 8 367 

Room No. 9 367 

Room No. 10 367 

WEST BROWNSVILLE. 

Earlv School Historv 368 

The Present School Building 368 

List of Teachers and Pupils 368 

Room No. 1 368 

Room No. 2 369 

Room No. 3 369 

Room No. 4 376 

Biography of Principal Thos. L. Pollock 376 



Index 629 

RELIGIOUS HISTORY. 

BROWNSVILLE CHURCHES. 

PAGE 

Christ Church 377 

The Presbyterian Church 382 

First Methodist Episcojjal Church 385 

The Roman CathoHc Church 387 

Rev. Thomas F. Glvnn 390 

The First Baptist Church 391 

BRIDGEPORT CHURCHES. 

Friends or Quaker Churches 393 

Cumberland Presb}-terian Church 394 

Second Methodist Episcopal Church 398 

Methodist Protestant Church 400 

Wesleyan Methodist Church 402 

Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church 402 

WEST BROWNSVILLE CHURCHES. 

St. John's Church 402 

SOME OF THE UNIONTOWN CHURCHES. 

First Presbyterian Church 404 

Second Presbyterian Church 408 

Dr. S. R. Gordon 409 

Bethel Baptist Church _ 410 

Cumberland Presbyterian Church 412 

St. Peter's Protestant Episcopal Church 413 

St. John's Roman Catholic Church 414 

First Methodist Episcopal Church 415 

AiTican Methodist Episcopal Church 416 

Zion Chapel of the A. M. E. Church 417 

Methodist Protestant Church 417 

SOME OF THE EARLV COUNTRV CHURCHES. 

Seventh Dav Baptist 417 

Free Will Baptist Church 418 

Church of God 418 

Brethern in Christ 419 

Dunkards (Tunkers) or German Bai)tists 419 

The Mennonite Church 419 



630 Index 

HISTORY OF UXIONTOWN. 

PAGE 

The County Seat — Where Located — Beeson's Mill 431 

Letter of Ephraim Douglas 433 

Uniontown of Today 435 

Union Bank of Pennsylvania 437 

National Bank of Fayette Co. — People's Bank of Fayette Co. 439 

Dollar Saving Bank of Uniontown 439 

Fayette County Mutual Fire Insurance Company 441 

Union Building and Loan Association 441 

F'irst National Bank of Uniontown 441 

Present First National Bank — The Skyscraper 443 

Josiah Vankirk Thompson 445 

Statements of First National Bank 446 

Rules Respecting Employes — Present Bank Officials. . . 447 

Newspapers of Uniontown — Physicians of Uniontown 448 

Burial Ground— Old Baptist Churchyard 448 

Union Cemetery — Schools in Uniontown 450 

Pioneer Lodges of Uniontown . . . , 451 

The First Lodge— Laurel Lodge No. 215, F. & A. M 451 

Fayette Lodge 228, F. & A. M.— Union R. A. Chapter 165 452 

St. Omers' Commandery No. 3, Knights Templars 452 

Uniontown Commanderv No. 49, Knights Templars. . . . 452 

Fort Necessity Lodge, No. 254, I. O. O. F 453 

Favette Encampment, No. 80, I. O. O. F 453 

Tonnaleuka Lodge, No. 365, I. O. O. F 453 

R. A. Council, ^o. 388— Madison Lodge, No. 41 9, K. of P. 453 

Will F. Stewart Post, No. 180, G. A. R 453 

EIOGR.\PHICAL vSKETCHES. 

Arensberg, Hon. Lewis F. . . ." 459 

Cooper, Hon. Allen Foster 458 

Freeland, Hon. Benjamin F 458 

Frock, Samuel E 459 

Fuller, Frank M 457 

Mestrezat, Hon. Stephen Leslie, L.L.I) 454 

Rei)pert, Hon. Edmund Homer 455 

Thompson, Hon. Andrew A 459 

Umbel, Hon. Robert Emeroy 456 

r,IOr,R.\PHIKvS OF COUNTY CII.MRMKN. 

Carr, Wooda Nicholas 461 

Dunn, Thomas Scott 461 

Henderson, Davis W 460 

Two Men Who Helped Make Fayette County 462 

Business Directory of Uniontown 464 



Index to Illustrations 

PORTRAITS. 

PAGE 

Acheson, Hon. E. F., Congressman 24th District oil 

Arensberg, Hon. Lewis F., Member General Assembly 438 

Arnett. Bishop B. W. (colored) ' 378 

Axton, Andrew, veteran Boat Builder 141 

Axton, Emmett R., retiring Auditor, West Brownsville 201 

Baird, Edward R., School Director, West Brownsville 209 

Bakewell, Chris., Councilman, West Brownsville. . . . ._ 206 

Bakewell, Miss Elizabeth, School Teacher, Bridgeport 351 

Bar, Ephraim, (dec'd) 165 

Beacom, Rev. C. R. (dec'd) 378 

Blaine, Hon. James G 130 

Booth, Squire Albert G., (dec'd) 173 

Bowman, Rev. W. Scott 383 

Brashear, Prof. John A 179 

Brashear, Edgar T., Councilman, Brownsville 204 

Bright, W. H 76 

Brock, George, Constable, West Brownsville 203 

Brown, Capt. Samuel S 179 

Bumry, Rev. R. H., (colored) 401 

Campbell, James, Labor Leader 187 

Carmack, A. A., Councilman, Brownsville 204 

Carr, Wooda N., Democratic County Chairman 442 

Carroll, H. C Advertising Page 653 

Carroll, J. S., present County Supt. of Schools 327 

Chalfant, Fred. S., (dec'd) ex-Sherifif Fayette County 192 

Chamberlain, Harry, Councilman, West Brownsville 206 

Chatland, AYilliam, (dec'd) 177 

Clav, John C, D. D., (dec'd) 378 

Coburn, W. A 102 

Collier, James F., Councilman, Brownsville 204 

Cooke, W. H., fourth County Supt. of Schools 327 

Cooper, Hon. Allen F., Congressman 23d District 438 

Cope, Eli, Chief of Police, Bridgeport 203 

Cottom, Harry A., Attorney 214 

Coulter, Chas. W., Sec'y Council, Brownsville 198 

Couse, Edwin P., Sec'v Council, Bridgeport 198 

Cox, Capt. M. A., (dec'd) 135 

Cox, Charles, (dec'd) colored 167 

Craft Miss Nora, School Teacher, Brownsville 331 

Crawford, Col. Joseph U 99 

Crosson, Kennedy 103 

Daugherty, John, Councilman, West Brownsville 206 

DeLaney, Edward S., Assessor, Brownsville 200 

DeLaney, William, Assessor-elect, Bridgeport 200 

DeLaney, Miss Etta, School Teacher, Bridgeport 351 

Dodds, William, Labor Leader 187 

Dolan, Patrick, Labor Leader 187 



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Dorsey, George 99 

Duncan', Hon. Thomas, (dec'd) 177 

Duncan, Dr. W. S., (dec'd) 175 

Dunn, Thomas Scott, ProhiV)ition County Chairman 442 

Dwyer, Wilbur, Councilman, West Brownsville 206 

Eastman, Dr. Henry, Pres. Board of Health, Bridgeport 212 

Edel, George J., Pres. Brownsville Brewery 161 

Edmiston, Capt. W. A., Pres. School Board, Brownsville 199 

Elliott, Joseph S., Pres. National Deposit Bank 321 

Ermire, John, Supt. Monongahela Railroad 101 

FauU, Thomas, (dec'd) 145 

Fields, Al. G 179 

Fisher, Wm. H., Burgess, Brownsville 196 

Florence, W. H., "Tip." (colored) 167 

Freeland, Hon. B. N., State Senator 438 

French, David W., Councilman, West Brownsville 206 

French, David W., School Director, West Brownsville 209 

Frock, Samuel E., Sheriff 440 

Fuller, Frank M., Secretarv of the Commonwealth 434 

Fulton, James M., Tax Collector, West Brownsville, 202 

Gabler, Frank, School Director, Brownsville 207 

Gadd, Stephen I 165 

Gadd, Frank M., School Director, Brownsville 207 

Gibbons, Joshua V. (dec'd), First County Supt. of Schools. . . . 327 

Glynn, Rev. Thomas F 388 

Grafinger, Joseph, Auditor, Brownsville ; 201 

Graham, William, oldest man in the three towns 181 

Gray, James H., Secretary School Board, Bridgeport 208 

Greenfield, Col. A.J 57 

Gregg, Charlers W., School Director, Brownsville 207 

Gregg, Edward, Sec'y School Board, West Brownsville 209 

Gregg, Edward, Sec'y Council, West Brownsville 198 

Griffin, Willard A., Councilman, Brownsville 204 

Grooms, Dr. J. B., (dec'd) 175 

Grooms, Joseph C 99 

Hamilton, Harriett, (dec'd), (colored) 167 

Harmon, Rev. Charles R 395 

Harrison, J. W., Assessor, West Brownsville 200 

Hart, David M., Justice of Peace, Bridgeport 210 

Hart, J. Percv, Frontispiece 

Henderson, Rev. J. T. A., (dec'd) 378 

Henderson, Davis W., Re])ublican County Chairman 442 

Herbertson, John, (dec'd) 145 

Herbertson, Geo. S., Member Board Health, Bridgeport 212 

Herrington, L. M., sixth County Supt. of Schools 327 

Hibbs, B. F., Councilman, Brownsville 204 

Higinbotham, U. F., School Director, Bridgeport ! . . . . 208 



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PAGE. 

Moffitt, Byron L., Pres. Council, West Brownsville 197 

Horner, Miss Lucy, School Teacher, Bridgeport 351 

Hubbs, Dr. Wm. G., (dec'd) 175 

Hubbs, Dr. John A 175 

Hudson. Thomas E., Asst. District Attorney 440 

Hurd, Seth, T., (dec'dj ' 165 

Huston, Dr. Joseph A., School Director, Brownsville 207 

Jacobs, Capt. Adam, (dec'd) ] 35 

Jacobs, Capt. Adam, Jr., 135 

Jeffries, Thomas A., Burgess, Bridgeport 196 

Jeffries, Mrs. Thos. A., School Teacher, Bridgeport .^j51 

Johnson, Miss Mary, School Teacher, Brownsville 331 

Johnston, Howard B 218 

Jones, Alfred E., District Attorney 440 

Jones, George W., (dec'd) 141 

KeUar, ].F 103 

Kemper, The Rt. Rev. Jackson, D. D., (dec'd) 378 

Kenney, C. L Advertising Pages 654-685 

Kisinger, Harry, Pres. Council, Brownsville 197 

Klein, Max . . . " 215 

Knox, Hon. Philander C, U. S. Senator 132 

Krepps, Solomon G., Sr., Cadwallader Postmaster 195 

Labin, Alexander, Police Officer, Brownsville 203 

Lenhart, George W ; 177 

Levy, William, School Director, Bridgeport 208 

Lewellyn, C. Gregg, Principal Brownsville Schooh 331 

Lindy, Miss Emeline 171 

Lindy, J. Stanley, Street Commissioner, Bridgeport 171 

Lock'hart, Alexander, School Director, Bridgeport 208 

Marshall, Harry, Councilman, Bridgeport 205 

Martin, Oliver K., Councilman, Bridgeport 205 

Martin, Miss Mary, School Teacher, Bridgeport 351 

Mason, Capt. Isaac M 135 

McBeth, Alexander, County Detective 440 

McGee, Rev. C. A. (colored) 378 

McGintv, Miss Flora, School Teacher, Brown.sville 331 

McKinley, Sciuire Robert, oldest man in West Brownsville 181 

Mechem, Miss Kate, School Teacher, Brownsville 331 

Medley, Rev. William 386 

Mercer, Rev. Boyd, (dec'd) 378 

Mestrezat, Hon. S. L., Supreme Court Judge 436 

Miller, Caleb J., School Director, Bridgeport 208 

Miller, Dr. Collev, Member Health Board, Brownsville 211 

Miller, Rev. Calvin H 399 

Miller, Rev. J. F 392 

Mitchell, James, oldest man in Bridgeport 181 

Mitchell, John, Labor Leader 187 



634 Index 



PAGE. 

Moftitt, J. Bennett, West Brownsville Postmaster 195 

Moffitt, Thos. H., Pres. School Board, West Brownsville 199 

Moore, Geo. L., Pres. School Board, Bridgeport 199 

Moorhouse, Edw. L., Justice of Peace, Bridgeport 210 

Mossett, Henrv W., (colored) Auditor, Bridgeport 201 

Parker, Prof. L. F .'^ 171 

Patriello, Robert 173 

Patterson, A. C, Chief of Police, Brownsville 203 

Penn, William 19 

Pennypacker, Hon. Sam'l W., Governor of Pennsylvania -134: 

Penrose, Hon. Bois, United States Senator 432 

Phillips, Percival 179 

Poletz, Rosy 173 

Pollock, Thos. L., Principal West Brownsville Schools 371 

Porter, E. F., (dec'd), seventh Count v Supt. of Schools 327 

Pratt, William D '. 213 

Pratt, Rebecca D. 213 

Pringle, John S., (dec'd) 141 

Pringle, J. D. S., justice of Peace, West Brownsville 210 

Pringle, Chris. S .' 101 

Province, David J., Councilman, West Brownsville 206 

Quay, Hon. Mathew Stanley, (dec'd) 432 

Ranibo, Rev. William E . . .' 380 

Rathmell, John J 171 

Rathmell, Geo. M., Councilman, Bridgeport 205 

Rea, Mr. Samuel 97 

Reichard, Dr. C. C, Pres. Health Board, Brownsville 211 

Reichard, Dr. L. N., Secretary Health Board, Brownsville. . . . 211 

Reppert, Hon. E. H., Pres. Judge Fayette County 436 

Rigden, Squire Henry J., (dec'd) 173 

Ritenour, R. V., fifth County Supt. of Schools. 327 

Robinson, Dr. Daniel N., (dec'd) 175 

Robinson, Miss Jessie, School Teacher, Brownsville 331 

Rogers, Joseph T., (dec'd) 177 

Rogers, Roland C, Esq 284 

Roosevelt, Theodore, President of the United States 6 

Ross, J. T., Member Health Board, Brownsville 211 

Sargent, A. M., Councilman, Bridgeport 205 

Schoonmaker, Col. J. M 97 

-Shaffer, Theodore J., Laljor Leader 187 

Shank, Harry A 101 

Shaw, Mrs. Effie, School Teacher, Brownsville 331 

Sheplar, Miss Ethel, School Teacher, West Brownsville 371 

Shoemaker, Dr. Benj., (dec'd) 175 

Smilev, Miss Mav, School Teacher, Bridgeport 351 

Smith, Dr. Alfred C, Sec'y Health Board, Bridgeport 212 

Snowdon, John, (dec'd) 145 



Index 635 

Snowdon, J. Nelson 14:5 

Snowdon, Chas. L., Councilman, Brownsville 204 

Snyder, Christian, Burgess, West Brownsville 196 

Snyder, William, Councilman, West Brownsville 206 

Snyder, J. F., Principal Bridgeport Schools 351 

Sprou', Miss Margaret, School Teacher, Bi'idgeport 351 

Steele, Samuel, (dec'd) 165 

Steele, Wm. C, Brownsville Postmaster ■■ 195 

Steele, Geo. C, Tax Collector, Brownsville 202 

Stewart, Geo, L., School Director, Bridgeport 208 

Storer, Miss Etta, School Teacher, West Brownsville 371 

Taylor, Robert W 99 

Taylor, Edward 217 

Thompson, Josiah V 4:44 

Thompson, Hon. Andrew A., Member General Assembly 438 

Thompson, Samuel, (dec'd) 141 

Thompson, John, Constable, Bridgeport 203 

Thornton, James I., Councilman, Bridgeport 205 

Tilghman, B. R. A., (colored) Councilman, Bridgeport 205 

Truxal, Dr. N. W., (dec"d) 175 

Tubbs, Prof. D. C. Advertising Page 675 

Umbel, Hon. R. E., Judge of Fayette County 436 

Waggoner, L. C, retiring Assessor, Bridgeport 200 

Wanee, C. W., (dec'd), third County Supt. of Schools 327 

Washington, George, first President of the United States 7 

W^ilgus, John, (dec'd) 1G9 

Wilgus, John S., (dec'd) 16& 

Wilgus, Thomas Benton 169- 

W^ilkins, Miss Anna, School Teacher, Bridgeport 351 

W^inans, W. Vint, Pres. Council, Bridgeport. 197 

Woodfill, Leroy Advertising Page 661 

Woodward, Capt. Isaac C, (dec'd) 135 

Worcester, T. Clvde, Police Officer, Brownsville 20'3 

Wright, Thomas's., (dec'd) 165 

Yeaglev, George, (dec'd), second County Supt. of Schools 327 

Young, George, School Director, West Brownsville 209 

HOTELS. 

Albion Hotel, Brownsville 157 

Alexander Hotel, Brownsville 155 

Atwood Hotel, West Brownsville 157 

Barr House, Bridgeport 153 

Girard House, Brownsville 155 

Hotel Aubrey, West Brownsville 157 

Monongahela House, Brownsville 153 

Pennsylvania Hotel, Bridgeport 153 

Storev House, Brownsville 155 



636 Index 

SCHOOL HOUSES. 

PAGE. 

Brownsville Public School Building 330 

Bridgeport Union School Building 350 

West Brownsville Public School Building 370 

SCHOOL CHH.DREX. 

Brownsville School Room No. 1 332 

Brownsville School Room No. 2 333 

Brownsville School Room No. 3 334 

Brownsville School Room No. 4 335 

Brownsville School Room No. 5 336 

Brownsville School Room No. 6 337 

Brownsville School Room No. 7 '. . 338 

Brownsville School Room No. 8 339 

Brownsville School Room No. 9 340 

Bridgeport School Room No.l 352 

Bridgeport School Room No. 2 353 

Bridgeport School Room No. 3 354 

Bridgeport School Room No. 4 . . 355 

Bridgeport School Room No. 5 356 

Bridgeport School Room No. 6 357 

Bridgeport School Room No. 7 358 

Bridgeport School Room No. 8 359 

Bridgeport School Room No. 9 360 

Bridgeport School Room No. 10 361 

West Brownsville School Room No. 1 372 

West Brownsville School Room No. 2 373 

West Brownsville School Room No. 3 374 

West Brownsville School Room No. 4 375 

CHURCHES. 

Christ's Episco])al Church, Brownsville 380 

Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Bridgeport 395 

Methodist Episcopal Church, First, Brownsville 386 

Methodist Episcopal Church, Second, Bridgeport 399 

Methodist Episcopal Church, African, Bridgeport 401 

Presbyterian Church, Brow'nsville 383 

Roman Catholic Church, Brownsville -. 388 

St. John's Chapel, West Brownsville 403 

BANKING INSTITUTIONS. 

First National Bank (Sky Scraper), Uniontown 444 

Monongahela National Bank, Brownsville 320 

National Deposit Bank, Bridgeport 320 

Second National Bank, Brownsville 320 



Index 637 
FINE RESIDENCES. 

PAGE. 

Bowman, Chas. W., Brownsville, Residence of 191 

Hogg, Mary, Brownsville, Residence of 191 

Pearsall, Samuel H., (dec'd), Bridgeport, Residence of 189 

Pearsall, Daniel H., Bridgeport, Residence of 287 

Rogers, Roland C, Bridgeport, Residence of 191 

Snowden, Chas., L., Brownsville, Residence of 189 

Taylor, Samuel E., Brownsville, Residence cf 189 

RAILROAD VIEWS. 

Connellsville Cen. R. R. Bridge across Dunlap's Creek 119 

Cut Through Market Street, Connellsville Central R. R 118 

Great Curve on Monongahela Railroad 113 

Last Car Entering Tunnel at " Point. " 118 

Monongahela R. R. Crane No. 1 115 

Monongahela R. R. Train at Masontown Ill 

Monongahela R. R. Bridgeport Yards 159 

Moving Steam Shovel Along High Street Bridgeport 118 

" Point" before cut at mouth of Redstone Creek 108 

" Point " after cut at mouth of Redstone Creek 109 

Pennsylvania R. R. Bridge at " Point" 116 

River Bank Back of " Neck " Before Fill 100 

River Bank Back of "Neck" After Fill 107 

Union Railroad Station, Brownsville 94 

RIVER VIEWS. 

Busy Day at Mouth of Dunlap's Creek 137 

First Iron Bridge in United States, over Dunlap's Creek 178 

High Water on Krepps' Bottom 137 

High Water in West Brownsville, July 11, 1888 308 

Ice Going Out on Monongagela River 180 

Old Wooden Bridge 137 

Old Steamer Chieftain 1 37 

Steamer Columbia 134 

PRESENT INDUSTRIES. 

Aubrey Planing Mill, West Brownsville 149 

Brownsville Brewery, Bridgeport 161 

Derrick of the Elwood Nat. Gas. Co., Elwood Farm 168 

Diamond Coal Works, West Brownsville 151 

Gregg's Machine Shop, West Brownsville 149 

Hamburger Distillery, Ltd., Bridgeport 149 

Herbertson's Son's J., Machine Shop, Bridgeport 143 

Old Mason Mill, now Eclipse, Bridgeport : 143 



638 Index 



PAGE. 

Old Miller Mill, now Champion, Bridgeport 143 

Peoples Coal Co's Works, Brownsville 152 

River Coal Co's Plant, Bridgei)ort 159 

Thompson's Distillery, West Brownsville 149 

Wright's Marble and Granite Works, Bridgeport 143 

OLD LANDMARKS. 

Birthplace of Hon. James G. Blaine, West Brownsville 309 

Birthplace of Hon. Philander C. Knox, Brownsville 265 

Historic " Falling Rocks, " up Dunlap Creek 281 

Jones' Old Distillery, Bridgeport lOo 

Krepps' Historic "Knob" Overlooking the Three Towns 151 

"Little Brick" School House, Bridgeport 1()3 

Nemacolin Castle-Charles W. Bowman's Yard, Brownsville. . . 263 

Old Fort Brabill, Bridgeport 17 

Old Pringle Boat Yard, West Brownsville 142 

Old Snowdon Machine Shops, Brownsville 147 

Old Stone School House, Bridgeport 163 

Old Warehouse, Brownsville 163 

Old Fort Burd Well, Brownsville 17 

Peter Hunt's Famous Skating Rink 186 

OLD RELICS. 

Ground Plan of Old Fort Burd, Brownsville 17 

Mayflower " Compact " 183 

Mirror that hung in Cabin of Mavflower 185 

Old Relic of the Mound Builders .' 15 

SnufT Box that was brought over on the Mayflower 185 

Thomas FauUs' Steam Engine 144 

Two Gun Boats built by J. Snowdon & Son during the War. . . . 147 

MISCELLANEOUS 

Blaine Monument, Catholic Cemetery, Brownsville 390 

Bridgeport's Beautiful Cemetery 292 

Bridgeport's Public Fountain 285 

" Excelsior" Literary Society-186S 345 

Fayette County Court House, Uniontown 31 

Fayette County Home, near Uniontown 32 

Large View of the "Three Towns " 131 

Modern Coke Plant 45 

Pen Sketch of the "Three Towns " 139 

Tombstone of Hartraft and Drum, killed during the War 59 

Tombstone of Jno. H. Washington 258 

Tombstone of Archibald Washington 258 

Tombstone of Thomas Brown, Founder of Brownsville 258 



INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. 

Page. 

Adams, Llo>d, Barber 6S9 

Abraham, Dr. A. C, Dentist , 6S8 

Acklin, Bertha V'., Dress Maker " 678 

Alexander, Hotel 680 

Altman, John, Tailor Side even Pages in Directory 

Armstrong, J. D., Drug Co. Top even Pages in Directory 

Atwood Hotel 656 

Barr House 649 

Belle Vernon Enterprise 648 

Brownsville Brewing Co Map, bottom Directory Pages, and . . . 683 

Bucher Engraving Co. 686 

Bulger Bros., Tailors 666 

Cottom, H. A., Attorney at Law 658 

Coulter, John H., Hardware 670 

Craft, James S., Dry Goods 681 

Dunlap Coal Company 684 

Ellwood Natural Gas and Oil Co 676 

First National Bank, Uniontown 673 

Frisco Railroad 647, 679 

Gadd, Frank M., Blacksmith 672 

Graham, Dr. H. D., Dentist 658 

Grav, James H., Groceries Top odd Pages in Directory 

Griffin, E. C, Dry Goods 669 

Hagan's, I. N. Sons, Ice Cream IM'f'g'rs, Uniontown 640 

Hamburger Distiller\, Limited 665 
Higinbotham, J. C, Lumber Map 

Hormell, H. H. & Son, Clothing 651 

Huston, Dr. J. A., Dentist 658 

Jeffries, T. A., Real Estate and Insurance Map 

Kennedy, R. P., Counselor at Law 684 

Kennedv and Cla>baugh, Plumbers 674 

Kenneyi C. L., Electroplating 654, 685 

Kenney, C. L. and C. W ., Civil Engineers 668 

Lenhart, Geo. W . & Son, Insurance Map 

Madera, Bruce, Harness Maker 668 

Marshall & Hart, Real Estate 641, 655, 671 

Marshall, Harry Side odd Pages in Directory 

Michener & Hormell, Shoes 643 

Mitchell, \Vm. C, Laundry 667 

Monongahela House ^ 652 

Monongahela National Bank Map 

Moore, Geo. L.. Hardware 662 

Moorhead, Q. S., Jeweler 664 

National Deposit Bank ^ap 

Pennsvlvania Hotel 645, 682 

People's Lumber Co., Monessen. 653 

Perrv, W. A., Pianos and Organs 678 

Pratt's Studio, Photographs 657 

Rathmell Bros., Druggists _ 66.3 

Ross, J. T., Furniture and Undertaking 644 

Sentinel Publishing Co., California ^ 650 

Second National Bank .,,■..,; H^" 

Sharpnack & Conellv, Furniture and Undertaking Map 

Smith, Dr. A. C, Physician _^ 684 

Spence, M. B. & Co , Contractors and Builders ^ . . 677 

Stewart. Robert J., Plumber Map 

Theakston, Frank B., Jeweler., . 660 

Thornton, James I. & Sons, Pop Manufacturers 642 

Tubb's Business College 675 

Weeklv Monitor 646 

Woodfill Bros., Dairymen • ^^, , • „ 60 1 

Wright's, T. S. Sons, Marble Works Map 

" 039 



VV MANUFACTrKEKS ^f tV 

• AND SHIPPERS OF \5 

ICE CREAM 

Made fVom Puir Jersey Cream. 



BlIICKS AND FANCY SHAPES 

A SPKCIALI V . 



The (Quality of Our (^ream is Uiiexeelled. 

IF YOIK LOCAL DEALER DOES NOT HANDLE IT. PHONE 
US; AVELL DO THE REST. 



SPECIAL PRK ES 



T«) 



SOCIALS AND FESTIVALS 



IJKllEJII!!;!!. W'c aie also I'lopiictois <>t 

THE HAGAN RESTAURANT 

OPPOSITK P. K. K. I)I:P()T. 
^Tllstar 254. UMOXTOWX, PA. 



640 



IF TOTJ WANT 

A HOUSE 

A LOT 

A BUSINESS LOCATION 

A FARM 

TV^E HAA^E IT 




THE AVOOD\\^ARD PLA^CE 



PLi^N OF LOTS 



Can't be beat in the JVTonongaliela "S^alley for cheapness, 
taking into consideration size, location and tei-nas. Only 
fifteen minntes wtilk fi-oni the XJnion StatioiT. 

Call on or "vvrite 

MARSHALL & HART, 



Both Fhones. 



heal estate exclusive, 

cad^vallj^ider, pa. 



641 



JAS. I. THORNTON. 
JAS. B. THORNTON. 
C. A. THORNTON. 



JAS. I. THORNTON & SONS, 



MANUFACTURERS OF 



A 



Pure 
Bottled 
Soda 
Water 



BRO^A/^NSVILLE, PA. 



642 




FEET FIRST 

You always notice one's feet first. If they 

look well you take it for granted that 

they are well dressed. 

Our Special $i\.iH) and $l\M) Shoes for Men, 
and Women permit them to 

DRESS THEIR FEET WELL 

AND AT A MODERATE PRICE. 

Honest leather and honest work by superior 

bench shoemakers. This is the way our 

Shoes are made. The best leather 

fashioned in the best forms. 

If you pin your faith to this Shoe Store 
you will never be disappointed. 

MICHENER & HORMELL 

"NECK." 



643 



FEDERAL PHONE 30. BELL, PHONE 92 AV 

J. T. ROSS, 

KURNITXJR E 



Funeral Director and Enibalmer, 

*'NECK," BROWNSVILLE, PA. 



G44 



ZUbc lp>cnn6^lvania, 



JA3IES RI8BECK, Piopiiotor. 




A NEW HOTEL AS GOOD AS THE BEST. 



BROWNSVILLE, PA. 



645 



ALL THE NEWS OF THE THREE TOWNS 
AND SURROUNDING TERRITORY 



The Weekly Monitor 

EDWIN P. COUSE 

EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR 

Issued Every Friday. $ 1 .OO a Year 
BROWNSVILLE, PA. 

Sworn Circulation, Exceeding 1 , 1 OO Copies Weekly 
Reaches Intelligent Buyers in a Productive Field 



JOB PRINTING IN BEST MODERN STYLES 
SPECIAL RULED WORK AND BINDING 



646 




-or full Information, Literature, etc., write or call on D. H. Maloney, General Agent, Pittsburg, Pa. 

647 



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JBelle t)ernon l£nterprise 

L. M. TRIXAL, Proprietor. 

Rest A(lv<M'tisiiiii' 3I«Mliiiin in the 3I<)iioiii>-aliela N'allc.w 
It is a \vi(le-a-wak«' \\'«M*kly I'aper at 81. (Ml {wv ycai'. 

Book and Omniorcial I^rinfins 
Neatly and Promptly Done 

SOCIETY PRINTING A SPECIALTY. 



648 



BARR HOUSE 



J. E. RICKARD, Proprietor. 

Near the POST OFFICE, at Bridgeport end of 
Monong-ahela Bridge, 

BRIDGEPORT, PA. 



Most Convenient Location in the Three Towns. 
First-Class in Every Respect. 



EXCELLENT BAR IN CONNECTION. 



649 



l^BBMIBHrita 



H. L. LAMB. A. H LAMB. 

^Sentinel 

PublishingCompany 

PRINTS 



PUBLISHERS 



California Sentinel. 



FINE COMMERCIAL WORK 

A SPECIALTY. 



Sentinel Publishing- Co, 

CALIFORNIA, PA. 



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If Ifs Correct. Honueirs 
Have It. 



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' It takes a bright man to 
be a shining example.'^ 




There's a 

Custom 



Look to our 

Overcoats 

and 

Business 
Suits 

that is attained by no other 
maker of ready-made clothing. 
This accounts for their popu- 
larity among men who have 
been in the habit of having 
their clothiner custom made. 



If HornioUs Have It, It's 
Correct. 



H. H. Hormell &l Son 

BROWNSVILLE, PA. 



651 



Monongahela House 



J. S. RUSH, Proprietor. 



STRICTLY FIRST-CLASS. 

CENTRALLY LOCATED. 

GOOD SAMPLE ROOMS. 

BROWNSVILLE, PA. 

DIRECTLY OPPOSITE UNION STATION. 



652 



The Peoples Lumber Co. 

CONTRACTORS & BUILDERS, 

Whole^sale and Rotail Dealers in all Kinds of 

WORKED AND ROUGH T^UMBER, BUIIjDERS' SUPPLIES, 
HARDWARE AND GI.ASS. 




H. C. CARROLL, MA\-A<n:H 

We are not the (nily Lumber Co. on earth, bnt we are in the business- 
First, to please the people; Seeond, to make a fail- jn-otit: and Third, 
to be honest to all; and if yon are thinking- of l>uilding. sive us a 
ehanee before lettiuj": y<mr contract. 

OFFICE, YARD AND MILL, 

Cor. 1 Itli and Doiiiier Ave. MONESSEN, PA. 



653 



ELECTROPLATING 



Gold, Silver, NicKel, Copper and 
Bronze Plating and FinisKing. 



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GOLD PLA.TING on Watches and Jewelry. 

SILVE-R PLATING on all Kinds of Table-ware, Toilet Articles, 
Ornaments, "Watch Cases, etc. 

NICKEL PLATING on all Kinds of Tools, Bicycle Parts, Revolvers. 
Plumbers' Supplies, Carriage and Harness Trimmings, etc., 
in Iron, Steel, Brass or Copper. 

I also refinish Gas and other Fixtures either in natural brass color 
and lacquer, or the popular antique copper; also in oxidized 
nicKel, Avhich is something ne->v and -mrill not tarnish. I also 
refinish Bronze Ornaments. Statuary, Brass Beds, etc. 

CALL OR WRITE FOR PRICES. 

C. L. RENNEY. 



SHOP, BRIDGEPORT, 



>n the Hill, near Miller's Store 

FE-DHRAL PHONE No. S5. 



BROWNSVILLE, PA. 



654 






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"WOODWARD PLACE" 
Plan of Lots 



ON TH 



MAP 



LOTS 50x120 FEIEIT 
PRICEIS $250 to $600 

$10 DOWN AND $10 A MONTH. 
NO TAXES FOR TWO YEARS. 



WATER, GAS ^ ELECTRIC LIGHT RIGHT AT HAND, 



MARSHALL* HART, Agents, 

BOTH PHONES. CADWALLADER, PA. 



655 



Federal Phones 148 and 52. Rates Reasonable. 

ATWOOD MOTEL, 

R. M. BYLAND, Proprietor. 
Recently Refurnished. Under New Management. 



FIRST GLASS BAR ATTACHED. 



West Brownsville, Pa. 



6.5G 



PHDTDBRAPH5 



with a very few exceptions, the entire lot of Photo- 
graphs from which the engravings in this book 
were made, are the product of the 

«^=— Pratt Studio — -^ 



^y^^-"^- 




WM, D. PRATT. 



REBECCA D. PRATT. 



We keep in stock everything the amateur needs. We do 
developing and toning. Complete line of Cameras. 

Our line of Picture Frames is unsurpassed. Frames made 
to order on short notice at reasonable rates. 

ABRAMS BDILDIIMB, BROWNSVILLE, PA. 



PHDTDBRAPH5 



65: 



DR. H. D. GRAHAM 

DENTIST 

Monong'aHela BanK Building, Bro-wnsville, Pa. 

Bell Phone ie>7-L Federal Phone 113 

Office Hours — 9 to 12 a. m., 1 to 5 and 7 to 7.30 p. m. 

Rooms 22 and 23 PHones— Federal 142 Bell 12-L 

DR. A. C. ABRAHAM 
Dentist 

Iron Bridge Building 
BroAvnsville, Pa. 

Office Hours — 8 to 12 a. m., 1 to 5 and 6.30 to 7.30 p. m. 

DR. J. A. HUSTON 

DE.NT1ST 

Over Madera's Harness Store, Bro-wnsville, Pa. 

Office Hours — 8 to 12 a. m. 1 to 5 and 6.30 to 7.30 p. m. 

TUESDAYS THURSDAYS SATURDAYS 

H. A. COTTOM 

Attorney-at-La^v 

p. O. BUILDING BROWNSVILLE, PA. 

65S 



LLOYD ADAMS. 

ToNSORiAL Parlor 




HOT AND COLD BATHS. 



ONLY FIRST-CLASS BARBERS EMPLOYED. 



■OPPOSITE BARR HOUSE. 



659 



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r. B. THEAKSTON 

Watches Clocks Jewelry 

Sterling Silver and Plated Ware, Bric=a=brac 

Cut Glass 

and Everything Found in a Firsl=Class Jewelry Store 

REPAIRING E/\GRAVI/NG 

a Specialty Free 

All Work Guaranteed 

Iron Bridge Building Brownsville, Pa. 

Federal Telephone 

660 



WOODFILL BROS., 

DAIRYMEN 



WEST BROWNSVILLE, PENNA. 




LEROY WOODFILL. 

PURE MILK AND CREAM — ^ 

Delivered right to your door every day in the 
year. If you are not already a customer of 
ours, give us a trial. Physicians recommend our 
Milk for infants. Our aim is to please every one 
of our customers, and we do it 365 times a year. 



FEDERAL PHONE. 



WOODFILL BROTHERS. 



661 



HKLL, I'liONK :jt-i^ 



Gfc:ORGEL. MOORE 

HARDWARE 



AGRICULTURAL 
IMPLEMENTS 

Harvesting Machinery a Specialty 

('(>iii])lote Line AVoveii Wire Feiiee 



Kxcliisivo Agents tor tlic Cclcbratt'd 

LAWRENCE PAINTS 

^^'(' inak<' a S]MMialty of Catering- to tlio Wants of tlie Karnicr. and 
hclicvc wt' can tit you out witli most anything- you desire. 

OEORGE L. MOORE, 

BROWNSVILLE, PA. 



662 



RathmellBros, 

Leading 
Druggists 



PRESCRIPTIONS FILLED DAY AND NIGHT. 



BEST ICE CREAM SODAS IN TOWN 



Dealers in Paints, Oils 
and NA/lncJow CSIass 



Both Phones. BRIDGE AND WATER STS. 



663 



C ORRECT 

TIME 






El^inWakhei 




Rai/wad Standard 

Jewelry :: Silverware 
Diamonds 

G. S. MOORHEAD 

«^i^ EXPERT ^j^^ 

Watchmaker and Optician 

BROWNSVILLE, PA. 



604 



l^ridgeport 



The World's Most Famous 

Whisk ey^^^=^-^ 

Un equaled anyw/^ere 

The smiling sun-kissed rye fields 
are concentrated in this w/^iskey 

Joy in every drop, a laugh in every glass 
and not a I^ead-ache in a barrel : : 

dAn American whiskey for Americans 

BOTTLED IN BOND 

G. W, Jones Monongahela Rye 

The wl^iskey your grand- fattier grew young in drinking 
It will keep you in the best spirits 

The Hamburger Distillery, Limited 

BROWNSVILLE, PA. 



665 



WM. H. BULGER R. R BULGER 



Bulger Bros 



bailors 



BFRO\A/IM3VII-l-l 



ESTABLISHED 1883 



666 



WE GATHER 

LAUNDRY 

MONDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS 



WE DELIVER 

LAUNDRY 



WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS 



Wm. C. Mitchell and Albert Woods, Agents 



Leave Laundry at^^^i^ 

Mitchell's Lunch Rooms in the "Neck." 



667 



C. L & C. W. KENNEY, 

Civil and Mining Engineers 



SURVEYS, LAYING OUT AND OPENING 
UP OF COAL MINES A SPECIALTY 



Examinations and Reports Carefully Made 



BROWNSVILLE, PA. BEALLSVILLE, PA. 

Federal Phone No. 85. Federal Phone Centreville. 



BRUCE MADERA, 

—MANUFACTURER OF AND DEALER IN— 

Saddlery and Harness Goods 

BROWNSVILLE, PA. 



GRirriN'So.^^ 



} DRY... 
GOODS 

EVERYTHING IN THE LINE OF 

LADIES' rUR/NISHINGS 

j^ OUR MOTTO jS^ 

"A Quick Penny is Much Better 
Than a Long Coming Dollar." 

We Solicit Your Trade and Guarantee Satisfaction 

E. C. GRirriN 

121 = 123 "NECK" BROW/NSVILLE, PA. 

669 



JOHN H. COULTER 

Odd Fellows BlocK, "NecK." 

XKe Oldest Hard-ware UstablisKment 
in tKe XHree Xcwns 

General Harcl\vare 

Carpenter's Tools 

TIN KOOriNG AND SPOUTING 

OUK SPECIALTIES 

The Oliver Chilled Plow 
BEST ON EARTH 

The 1900 \Vashing Machine 
EASIEST RUNNING 

The Standard Monarch Ran^e 
QUICn BAUER 

The Universal Dread MaKer 

MIXES BREAD IN THREE MINUTES 

The Claxjss Line of 

RAZORS, SCISSORS AND SHEARS 

rULLT GUARANTEED 

(J7(l 



HARRY MARSHALL. J. PERCY HART. 



MARSHALL & HART, 

REAL 
ESTATE 



-AGENTS- 



"Woodward Place" 
plan of lots 

Improved and Unimproved Property in all 
parts of the Three Towns for sale 

Either Phone. Either Post Office. 

671 



FRANK M. GADl) 



BLACKSMITHING 



AX I) 



HORSESHOEING 



Don't neglect your horse's feet. Have a 
competent blacksmith do your shoeing. We 
have made the horse's foot a study for many 
years and are in a position to know exactly 
how a horse should be "shod." Satisfaction 
guaranteed. 

FRANK M. GADD, 

Shop in the North Bend, BROWNSVILLE, PA. 



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The First National Banky 

Uniontown, ^a. 



(S^ — ESTABLISHED 1864. ^^ 

CAPITAL, $100,000.00. 

SURPLUS, $800,000.00 



OFFICERS . 



Josialj V. Thompson, T*resident. 

J. M. Hustead, Vice T^zesident. 
E. S. Hackne}', Casl^ier. 

F. M. Semans, Jr., Assistant Casl^ier. 
T. B. Semans, Teller. 

DIRECTORS : 

./. D. "Kuby, D. P. Gibson, 

H. C. Jefferis, G. W. Hess, 

J. M. Hustead, William Hunt, 

Josiah V. Thompson. 



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C. S. KENNEDY. I. J. CLAYBAIGH. 

Kennedy & Claybaugh, 

SANITARY PLIMBING, 

GAS AND HOT WATER FITTING, 

MARKET STREET, 

(Above Storey Mouse,) 

BROWNSVILLE, PA. 



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The Tubbs Business College, 



LOCATED IN NEW QUARTERS IN THE 



KIRK <& CLARK BLOCK, 



CHARLEROh PA. 




D. C. TUBBS, PRESIDENT. 



The Leading Business School iaJ/if Monongahela Valley 

Write for Illustrated Catalogue. 

D. C. TUBBS, 

President. 



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JOS. S. ELLIOTT, Phesident. GEO. C. STEELE, Sec'y & Tbkas. 

«5?sJ^_ El.L W( )( ) 1 )_^^^5iJ<' 

Natural Oas/Oil Company 




AVo are now fiirnisliinj;- <ias to a lar};'<' miiiibev of «-<iiisiiiuors in tlio two 
Horonglis, and have an in«xliaiistil>l«' supply of Gas. 

HOME COMPANY. EXCELLENT SERVICE. 

Office, Room .",, Iron Biiilse Bld^-. BROWKSVILLE, PA. 



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M. B. SPENCE & CO. 



CONTRACTORS 

AND 

BUILDERS :2 5 



PLANS AND ESTIMATES FURNISHED, 



FRAME WORK A SPECIALTY 



Room 32 Iron Bridge Building, 



p. O. Box 92 Cadwallader. Pa. BROWNSVILLE, PA. 



F. L. MAGEE, Manager. 



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BERTHA V. ACKI.IN, 

DRESS MAKER, 

ABRANI'S BUILDING, 
BROWNSVIl. UE, Y^A. 



W. A. PKRRY, 

PIANOS AND ORQANS, 

Representing W''. K. KREDKRICK, 
Of Unioiitown ciiicl Pittsburg. 



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For full Information, Literature, etc., write or call on D. H. Maloney, General Agent, Pittsburg, Pa. 

679 



Blc.lan^cr Ibotel 

3Bvowu5\nlle, pa. 

Henry G. Johnson, propr. 
rates, $2.00 per day. 



680 



Sfmnr^^. Craft 



DRY GOODS, 



CLOAKS, SUITS, 



TRIMMINGS, 



CARPETS. 



Mr. Craft bought and took charge of this Dry 
Goods Emporium January ist, 1904, and thoroughly 
remodeled, refitted and restocked it. He has made it 
one of the most popular mercantile establishments in 
Brownsville. Mr. Craft was not new to the business, 
having served with A. A. Carmack, from whom he 
bought it, five years, making many friends. 



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Zbc Hbcnne^lvania, 



.IA3FKS KTSP>E('K, Piopiiotor. 




A NEW HOTEL AS GOOD AS THE BEST. 



BROWNSVIT.I.K, PA. 



682 



THE BROWNSVILLE 
BREWING COMPANY 



Has the largest and finest 
equipped Brewery in the 
Monongahela Valley . . . 



VISITORS ALWAYS CORDIALLY RECEIVED 



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LEA^AE YOUR ORDER 

WO¥l VOTJK A\ IN'IKR COAX. 
W^ITH THK 

Dl NLAi^ CoAi. Company 

JAMES LONa, Manager. 



Coal Delivered to all parts of the To^vn. 



Nothing" like a nice Coal fire to sit bj^ on the 
cold winter evenings. 



Call lis on Bell Phone 195-R, or 139-J. 

Counselor at T^aw, 
unk )ntown, pa. 

A.LFRED C. SMITH, M. 13. 

PHYSICIAN 
^^ SURGEON 

HIGH & BRIDGE SXS. BRIDGEPORT. 

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ELECTROPLATING 

Gold, Silver, NicKel, Copper and 
Bronze Plating and FinisKing. 



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GOLD PLA-TING on "WatcHes and Jewelry. 

SILVE.R PLATING on all Kinds of Tableware. Toilet Articles, 
Ornaments, "Watch Cases, etc. 

NICREL PLATING on all Kinds of Tools, Bicycle Parts, Revolvers, 
Plumbers* Supplies, Carriage and Harness Trimming's, etc., 
in Iron, Steel, Brass or Copper. 

I also refinisH Gas and other Fixtures either in natural brass color 
and lacquer, or the popular antique copper; also in oxidized 
nicKel, -which is something new and -will not tarnish. I also 
refinish Bronze Ornaments, Statuary, Brass Beds, etc. 

CALL OR WRITE FOR PRICES. 

C. L. nENNEY, 

„„,SrSrn,1'il^Sm°^I;„... BROWNSVILLE, PA. 

FEDEIRAL PHONE No. &5. 



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The engravings in this book? 
They were all made by the 

BICHER ENGRAVING CO. 

80H N. High Street, 

COLIMBIS, 0. 



Our prices are riyht. Give us a trial. 

tnsurpassed equipment for 
turniny out quick work . . 



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